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Constraints from Charge and Colour Breaking Minima in the (M+1)SSM

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We study the constraints on the parameter space of the supersymmetric standard model extended by a gauge singlet, which arise from the absence of global minima of the effective potential with slepton or squark vevs. Particular attention is paid to the so-called ``UFB'' directions in field space, which are F-flat in the MSSM. Although these directions are no longer F-flat in the (M+1)SSM, we show that the corresponding MSSM-like constraints on m_0/M_{1/2} apply also to the (M+1)SSM. The net effect of all constraints on the parameter space are more dramatic than in the MSSM. We discuss the phenomenological implications of these constraints.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9902401,
  title  = {Constraints from Charge and Colour Breaking Minima in the (M+1)SSM},
  author = {U. Ellwanger and C. Hugonie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9902401},
  year   = {2009}
}

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18 pages (LaTeX2e), 1 fig