Published September 1, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Testing a U(1) solution to the μ problem

  • 1. Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics (MCTP) Randall Laboratory, Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States)

Description

We discuss the collider phenomenology of TeV Z' gauge bosons related to the absence of a bare μ-term in the superpotential. Decays of the type Z'→Higgsinos can directly test whether a gauge symmetry is responsible for forbidding the Higgsino mass. Decays to multilepton final states may allow these signatures to be observed at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. We comment on whether it will be possible to state definitively that the μ-term is forbidden via a gauge symmetry.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
78
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 055012-055012.9
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41002090
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BOSONS; CERN LHC; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LEPTONS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PARTICLE DECAY; POTENTIALS; SYMMETRY; TESTING; TEV RANGE
Descriptors DEC
ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; DECAY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; STORAGE RINGS; SYNCHROTRONS

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(c) 2008 The American Physical Society