Published April 1, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Discovering chiral Higgsinos at the CERN LHC

  • 1. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 (United States) and Theory Group, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, California 94025 (United States)

Description

The concept of chirality is extended to the minimal supersymmetric standard model and the μ-term is forbidden by a gauged U(1)' symmetry. R-parity automatically emerges after symmetry breaking, suppressing proton decay and protecting the lightest supersymmetric particle. Exotics charged under the standard model pose a challenge to traditional SU(5) unification, but unification is still implemented in deconstructed grand unified theories. Because of the multitude of additional states to the minimal supersymmetric standard model, the Z' has a large width, and the standard model background, neglected in previous theoretical studies, becomes important for Z' discovery. As a result, the CERN LHC reach is reduced from 3.2 TeV, for a Z' with standard model decays, to 1.5 TeV, when additional decay channels are included. This model also predicts possibly long-lived colored and electroweak exotics.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 075008-075008.9
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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