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DOE OSTI2019

Strong SUSY at ATLAS and CMS

Supersymmetry (SUSY) remains one of the most elegant theories of new physics. The experiments at the LHC are able to put stringent constraints on strongly produced SUSY particles. Several of the most recent results by the CMS and ATLAS Collaborations in searches for gluinos and squarks are presented. The results use between 36 and 139 fb$^{-1}$ of proton-proton collision data at 13 TeV, and the background predictions agree with the observed data. For a variety of SUSY models, new limits on sparticle masses are set that surpass previous results.

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DOE OSTI2012

Constraints on the pMSSM from LAT observations of dwarf spheroidal galaxies

We examine the ability for the Large Area Telescope (LAT) to constrain Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) dark matter through a combined analysis of Milky Way dwarf spheroidal galaxies. We examine the Lightest Supersymmetric Particles (LSPs) for a set of ∼ 71k experimentally valid supersymmetric models derived from the phenomenological-MSSM (pMSSM). We find that none of these models can be excluded at 95% confidence by the current analysis; nevertheless, many lie within the predicted reach of future LAT analyses. With two years of data, we find that the LAT is currently most sensitive to light LSPs (m{sub LSP} < 50GeV) annihilating into τ-pairs and heavier LSPs annihilating into b b-bar . Additionally, we find that future LAT analyses will be able to probe some LSPs that form a sub-dominant component of dark matter. We directly compare the LAT results to direct detection experiments and show the complementarity of these search methods.

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DOE OSTI2015

Axino LSP baryogenesis and dark matter

We discuss a new mechanism for baryogenesis, in which the baryon asymmetry is generated by the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) decay via baryonic R-parity-violating interactions. As a specific example, we use a supersymmetric axion model with an axino LSP. This scenario predicts large R-parity violation for the stop, and an upper limit on the squark masses between 15 and 130 TeV, for different choices of the Peccei-Quinn scale and the soft X{sub t} terms. We discuss the implications for the nature of dark matter in light of the axino baryogenesis mechanism, and find that both the axion and a metastable gravitino can provide the correct dark matter density. In the axion dark matter scenario, the initial misalignment angle is restricted to be O(1). On the other hand, the reheating temperature is linked to the PQ scale and should be higher than 10{sup 4}–10{sup 5} GeV in the gravitino dark matter scenario.

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DOE OSTI2011

Cosmic Ray Anomalies from the MSSM?

The recent positron excess in cosmic rays (CR) observed by the PAMELA satellite may be a signal for dark matter (DM) annihilation. When these measurements are combined with those from FERMI on the total (e{sup +} + e{sup -}) ux and from PAMELA itself on the {anti p}p ratio, these and other results are difficult to reconcile with traditional models of DM, including the conventional minimal Supergravity (mSUGRA) version of Supersymmetry even if boosts as large as 10{sup 3-4} are allowed. In this paper, we combine the results of a previously obtained scan over a more general 19-parameter subspace of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) with a corresponding scan over astrophysical parameters that describe the propagation of CR. We then ascertain whether or not a good fit to this CR data can be obtained with relatively small boost factors while simultaneously satisfying the additional constraints arising from gamma ray data. We find that a specific subclass of MSSM models where the Lightest Supersymmetric Particle (LSP) is mostly pure bino and annihilates almost exclusively into {tau} pairs comes very close to satisfying these requirements. The lightest in this set of models is found to be relatively close in mass to the LSP and is in some cases the nLSP. These models lead to a significant improvement in the overall fit to the data by {approx}1 unit of {chi}{sup 2}/dof in comparison to the best fit without Supersymmetry while employing boosts in the range {approx}100-200. The implications of these models for future experiments are discussed.

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DOE OSTI2014

Supertwistors and massive particles

In the (super)twistor formulation of massless (super)particle mechanics, the mass-shell constraint is replaced by a “spin-shell” constraint from which the spin content can be read off. We extend this formalism to massive (super)particles (with N-extended space–time supersymmetry) in three and four space–time dimensions, explaining how the spin-shell constraints are related to spin, and we use it to prove equivalence of the massive N=1 and BPS-saturated N=2 superparticle actions. We also find the supertwistor form of the action for “spinning particles” with N-extended worldline supersymmetry, massless in four dimensions and massive in three dimensions, and we show how this simplifies special features of the N=2 case. -- Highlights: •Spin-shell constraints are related to Poincaré Casimirs. •Twistor form of 4D spinning particle for spin N/2. •Twistor proof of scalar/antisymmetric tensor equivalence for 4D spin 0. •Twistor form of 3D particle with arbitrary spin. •Proof of equivalence of N=1 and N=2 BPS massive 4D superparticles.

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DOE OSTI2012

Search for displaced vertices arising from decays of new heavy particles in 7 TeV pp collisions at ATLAS

We present the results of a search for new, heavy particles that decay at a significant distance from their production point into a final state containing charged hadrons in association with a high-momentum muon. The search is conducted in a pp-collision data sample with a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV and an integrated luminosity of 33 pb{sup -1} collected in 2010 by the ATLAS detector operating at the Large Hadron Collider. Production of such particles is expected in various scenarios of physics beyond the standard model. We observe no signal and place limits on the production cross-section of supersymmetric particles in an R-parity-violating scenario as a function of the neutralino lifetime. Limits are presented for different squark and neutralino masses, enabling extension of the limits to a variety of other models.

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DOE OSTI2012

Extended Poincare supersymmetry in three dimensions and supersymmetric anyons

We classify the unitary representations of the extended Poincare supergroups in three dimensions. Irreducible unitary representations of any spin can appear, which correspond to supersymmetric anyons. Our results also show that all irreducible unitary representations necessarily have physical momenta. This is in sharp contrast to the ordinary Poincare group that admits in addition irreducible unitary representations with nonphysical momenta, which are discarded on physical grounds.

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DOE OSTI2012

SUSY breaking from exotic U(1)

We propose a mechanism that the soft supersymmetry breaking masses can be induced from the dynamical rearrangement of local U(1) symmetry in a five-dimensional model. The U(1) symmetry possesses several extraordinary features. The eigenstates of U(1) do not equal to those of boundary conditions. The U(1) charge of standard model particles does not equal to that of superpartners. A large U(1) charge hierarchy among superpartners and a standard model gauge singlet is necessary in order to obtain the masses of O(1)TeV.

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DOE OSTI2012

Soft SUSY breaking masses and {mu} parameter from dynamical rearrangement of exotic U(1) symmetrys

We propose amechanism that the soft supersymmetry breakingmasses and {mu} parameter can be induced from the dynamical rearrangement of local U(1) symmetries in a five-dimensional model. We study two type models with the standard model gauge symmetry and some extraU(1) symmetries under our mechanism. In particular, we pay attention to {mu} parameter where based on the dynamical rearrangement of U(1) and the boundary conditions of fields. It offers to a solution of {mu} problem if there is a large hierarchy among the relevant U(1) charge of Higgsinos and that of hidden fields which stabilize the extradimensional component of U(1) gauge boson, or if the Scherk-Schwarz phases of the visible fields are different from that of the hidden fields.

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DOE OSTI2012

SUSY breaking with D term and gauge mediation

We classify supersymmetry breaking models with the F- and U(1) D-term potentials. In addition to the classification in our previous paper [1], we consider the other class where the F-term potential shows runaway behaviors. It is shown that the runaway in the F-term potential can be uplifted by the D-term effect, and supersymmetry breaking is realized. The vacuum in this class has no pseudomoduli and is useful for gauge mediation because gaugino masses are generated at the one-loop order. We provide such an example without the Fayet-Iliopoulous term.

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DOE OSTI2012

Constraint on slepton intergenerational mixing from big-bang nucleosynthesis

We find constraint on intergenerational mixing of slepton from big-bang nucleosynthesis (BBN). Today, we know that there exist lepton flavor violation (LFV) from the observation of neutrino oscillation, though there do not exist LFV in the standard model of particle physics (SM). LFV in charged lepton sector (cLFV) have also been expected to exist. From theoretical point of view, the effects of long-lived stau on BBN have been investigated and it is known that the stau can solve the cosmological 7Li problem. However, in the study so far, tau flavor is exactly conserved and it contradict with the existence of cLFV. In this study, we generalize the flavor to be violated and call the stau as slepton. Even if the violation is tiny, it drastically changes the lifetime and the evolution of relic density of the slepton. Thus we analyze the effects of the long-lived slepton on BBN, and constrain the magnitude of the cLFV.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗
DOE OSTI2012

Sneutrino inflation in supersymmetric B - L with inverse seesaw

We have shown that inflation in the supersymmetric B - L extension of the Standard Model can be realized where one of the associated right-handed sneutrinos can provide a non-trivial inflationary trajectory at tree level (hence breaking B - L during inflation). As soon as the inflation ends, the right-handed sneutrino falls into the supersymmetric vacuum, with a vanishing vacuum expectation value, so that B - L symmetry is restored. The B - L gauge symmetry will be radiatively broken at a TeV scale and light neutrino masses are generated through the inverse seesaw mechanism.

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DOE OSTI2012

Big-bang nucleosynthesis with a long-lived charged massive particle including {sup 4}He spallation processes in a bound state

We propose helium-4 spallation processes induced by long-lived stau in supersymmetric standard models, and investigate an impact of the processes on light elements abundances. We show that, as long as the phase space of helium-4 spallation processes is open, they are more important than stau-catalyzed fusion and hence constrain the stau property.

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS↗
DOE OSTI2013

Nuclear effects in squark production at the LHC

In this contribution we study the production of squarks. If squarks are found in proton-proton (pp) collisions at the LHC, they might also be produced in collisions involving nuclei (pA and AA collisions). Here we investigate the influence of nuclear effects in the production of squarks in nuclear collisions at the LHC, and estimate the transverse momentum dependence of the nuclear ratios R{sub pA} = (d{sigma}(pA)/d{sub pT})/A(d{sigma}(pp)/d{sub pT}) and R{sub AA} = (d{sigma}(AA)/d{sub pT})/A{sup 2}(d{sigma}(pp)/d{sub pT}). We demonstrate that depending on the magnitude of the nuclear effects, the production of squarks could be enhanced or suppressed, compared to proton-proton collisions at same energies.

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DOE OSTI2013

Dark matter and EWSB naturalness in unified SUSY models

The relationship between the degree of fine-tuning in Electroweak Symmetry Breaking (EWSB) and the discoverability of dark matter in current and next generation direct detection experiments is investigated in the context of two unified Supersymmetry scenarios: the Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (CMSSM) and models with Non-Universal Higgs Masses (NUHM). Attention is drawn to the mechanism(s) by which the relic abundance of neutralino dark matter is suppressed to cosmologically viable values. After a summary of Amsel, Freese, and Sandick (2011), results are updated to reflect current constraints, including the discovery of a new particle consistent with a Standard Model-like Higgs boson. We find that a Higgs mass of {approx} 125 GeV excludes the least fine-tuned CMSSM points in our parameter space and that remaining viable models may be difficult to probe with next generation direct dark matter searches. Relatively low fine-tuning and good direct detection prospects are still possible in NUHM scenarios.

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DOE OSTI2013

Susy seesaw inflation and NMSO(10)GUT

We show that Supersymmetric models with Type I seesaw neutrino masses support slow roll inflection point inflation. The inflaton is the D-flat direction labelled by the chiral invariant HLN composed of the Higgs(H), slepton(L) and conjugate sneutrino(N) superfields. The scale of inflation and fine tuning is set by the conjugate neutrino Majorana mass M{sub {nu}{sup c}}{approx} 10{sup 6} - 10{sup 12} GeV. The cubic term in the (quartic) inflaton potential is dominantly from superpotential (not soft Susy breaking) couplings. The tuning conditions are thus insensitive to soft supersymmetry breaking parameters and are generically much less stringent than for previous 'A-term' inflation scenarios controlled by mass scales {approx}TeV. WMAP limits on the ratio of tensor to scalar perturbations limit the scale M controlling inflection point inflation: M < 7.9 Multiplication-Sign 10{sup 13} GeV. 'Instant preheating' is operative and dumps the inflaton energy into MSSM modes giving a high reheat temperature: T{sub rh} Almost-Equal-To M{sub {nu}{sup c(3/4)}}10{sup 6} GeV {approx} 10{sup 11} - 10{sup 15} GeV. A large gravitino mass > 50 TeV is therefore required to avoid over closure by reheat produced gravitinos. 'Instant preheating' and NLH inflaton facilitate production of right handed neutrinos during inflaton decay and thus non-thermal leptogenesis in addition to thermal leptogenesis. We show that the embedding in the fully realistic New Minimal Supersymmetric SO(10) GUT requires use of the heaviest righthanded neutrino mass as the controlling scale but the possibility of a measurable tensor scalar perturbation ratio seems marginal. We examine the parametric difficulties remaining.

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DOE OSTI2013

Minimal SUSY SU(5) with extra vectorlike matter

It is shown that the minimal renormalizable supersymmetric SU(5) grand unified theory can be made realistic by the inclusion of a single vectorlike 5 +5-bar pair. Such a modification can at the same time correct the usual bad mass relations for the first two generations and safely increase the nucleon lifetime. The model predicts the lifetime of at least some decay rate to be less than approximately 10{sup 34} yrs, provided that all the superpartners of the minimal supersymmetric standard model lie below 3 TeV. The two statements will be tested by the next proton decay measurements and LHC, respectively.

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DOE OSTI2013

The little hierarchy problem in a generalized NMSSM

In this talk, I review recent work on using a generalization of the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM), called the Singlet-extended Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (SMSSM), to raise the mass of the Standard Model-like Higgs boson without requiring extremely heavy top squarks or large stop mixing. In so doing, this model solves the little hierarchy problem of the minimal model (MSSM), at the expense of leaving the {mu}-problem of the MSSM unresolved. This talk is based on work published in Refs. [1, 2, 3].

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