Abstract

We propose six new benchmark scenarios for Higgs boson searches in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. Our calculations follow the recommendations of the LHC Higgs Cross Section Working Group, and benefit from recent developments in the predictions for the Higgs-boson masses and mixing. All of the proposed scenarios are compatible with the most recent results from Run 2 of the LHC. In particular, they feature a scalar with mass and couplings compatible with those of the observed Higgs boson, and a significant portion of their parameter space is allowed by the limits from the searches for SUSY particles and additional Higgs bosons. We define a scenario where all SUSY particles are relatively heavy, and two scenarios with light colorless SUSY particles (charginos, neutralinos and, in one case, staus). In addition, we present two scenarios featuring alignment without decoupling, realized with either the lighter or the heavier scalar being SM-like, and a scenario with \[\mathcal {CP}\] violation.

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Title
MSSM Higgs boson searches at the LHC: benchmark scenarios for Run 2 and beyond
Author
Bagnaschi, Emanuele 1 ; Bahl, Henning 2 ; Fuchs, Elina 3 ; Hahn, Thomas 2 ; Heinemeyer, Sven 4 ; Liebler, Stefan 5 ; Patel, Shruti 6 ; Slavich, Pietro 7 ; Stefaniak, Tim 8 ; Wagner, Carlos E M 9 ; Weiglein, Georg 8 

 Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland 
 Max-Planck Institut für Physik, Munich, Germany 
 Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel 
 Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC), Santander, Spain; Instituto de Física Teórica, (UAM/CSIC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Campus of International Excellence UAM+CSIC, Madrid, Spain 
 Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany 
 Institute for Theoretical Physics (ITP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany; Institute for Nuclear Physics (IKP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany 
 Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Énergies, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, LPTHE, Paris, France 
 DESY, Hamburg, Germany 
 High Energy Physics Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA; Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 
Pages
1-28
Publication year
2019
Publication date
Jul 2019
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
14346044
e-ISSN
14346052
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2260521035
Copyright
The European Physical Journal C is a copyright of Springer, (2019). All Rights Reserved., © 2019. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.