High-precision analyses of supersymmetry parameters aim at reconstructing the fundamental supersymmetric theory and its breaking mechanism. A well defined theoretical framework is needed when higher-order corrections are included. We propose such a scheme, Supersymmetry Parameter Analysis SPA, based on a consistent set of conventions and input parameters. A repository for computer programs is provided which connect parameters in different schemes and relate the Lagrangian parameters to physical observables at LHC and high energy e + e − linear collider experiments, i.e., masses, mixings, decay widths and production cross sections for supersymmetric particles. In addition, programs for calculating high-precision low energy observables, the density of cold dark matter (CDM) in the universe as well as the cross sections for CDM search experiments are included. The SPA scheme still requires extended efforts on both the theoretical and experimental side before data can be evaluated in the future at the level of the desired precision. We take here an initial step of testing the SPA scheme by applying the techniques involved to a specific supersymmetry reference point.
We place constraints on the number of relativistic degrees of freedom and on
the baryon asymmetry at the epoch of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis (BBN) and at
recombination, using cosmic background radiation (CBR) data from the Wilkinson
Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP), complemented by the Hubble Space Telescope
(HST) Key Project measurement of the Hubble constant, along with the latest
compilation of deuterium abundances and measurements of the primordial helium
abundance. The agreement between the derived values of these key cosmological
and particle physics parameters at these widely separated (in time or redshift)
epochs is remarkable. From the combination of CBR and BBN data, we find the
2\sigma ranges for the effective number of neutrinos and for the baryon
asymmetry (baryon to photon number ratio \eta) to be 1.7-3.0 and 5.53-6.76
\times 10^{-10}, respectively.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures, 2 table
We compute the cross section for χχ → qqg at order α 2 s /M 6 q arising from interference between the tree-level and loop-induced processes. This interference term is the same order in α s as χχ → gg;for mass degenerate squarks
We study the minimal gauged U (1)B−L supersymmetric model and show that it provides an attractive theory for spontaneous R-parity violation. Both U (1)B−L and R-parity are broken by the vacuum expectation value of the right-handed sneutrino (proportional to the soft SUSY masses), thereby linking the B − L and soft SUSY scales. In this context we find a consistent mechanism for generating neutrino masses and a realistic mass spectrum, all without extending the Higgs sector of the minimal supersymmetry standard model. We discuss the most relevant collider signals and the connection between the Z ′ gauge boson and R-parity violation.
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