Published 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Killing the CMSSM softly

  • 1. Physikalisches Institut, University of Bonn (Germany)
  • 2. Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics, University of Bonn (Germany)
  • 3. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • 4. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University (United States)
  • 5. Institute for Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology, RWTH Aachen (Germany)
  • 6. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, University of Wuerzburg (Germany)
  • 7. Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz (United States)

Description

Because of its simplicity the CMSSM is one of the best studied and most popular supersymmetric models. The non-observation of convincing hints of new physics at the LHC, however, becomes challenging for this model once constraints from low energy observables are taken into account. While this is well known, it has so far been an open question what that means quantitatively for the validity of the model. We present the first systematic investigation of this question, using global toy fits to calculate p-values for the CMSSM. We combine constraints from low-energy and astrophysical observables, Higgs boson mass and rate measurements as well as the non-observation of new physics in searches for supersymmetry at the LHC. Using the framework Fittino, we perform global fits of the CMSSM to the toy data.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft
Journal Issue
Wuppertal 2015 issue
Series
Also available as printed version: Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft v. 50(2)
Journal Page Range
[1 p.]
ISSN
0420-0195
CODEN
VDPEAZ

Conference

Title
2015 DPG Spring meeting of the divisions physics education, extraterrestrial physics, radiation and medicine physics, particle physics and working group accelerator physics
Original Conference Title
DPG-Fruehjahrstagung 2015 der Fachverbaende Didaktik der Physik, Extraterrestrische Physik, Strahlen- und Medizinphysik, Teilchenphysik und dem Arbeitskreis Beschleunigerphysik
Dates
9-13 Mar 2015
Place
Wuppertal (Germany)

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Notes
Session: T 32.5 Mo 17:45; No further information available