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Higgs decays in supersymmetric models with light neutralinos

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

In the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, neutralinos lighter than 50 GeV are compatible with all accelerator, precision, and cosmological bounds. Such neutralinos might constitute a relevant decay channel for the Higgs boson, modifying its expected signatures at hadron colliders. We study the branching ratio h --> \chi\chi and determine the region in the supersymmetric parameter space where it is sizable. We have found that, in fact, the Higgs may dominantly decay into neutralino pairs. Besides, as a result of this new channel, the branching ratio into visible modes, such as h --> \gamma\gamma, gets suppressed.

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@article{arxiv.0708.0248,
  title  = {Higgs decays in supersymmetric models with light neutralinos},
  author = {Carlos E. Yaguna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.0248},
  year   = {2008}
}

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9 pages, 5 figures

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