Prompt Decays of General Neutralino NLSPs at the Tevatron
Abstract
Recent theoretical developments have shown that gauge mediation has a much larger parameter space of possible spectra and mixings than previously considered. Motivated by this, we explore the collider phenomenology of gauge mediation models where a general neutralino is the lightest MSSM superpartner (the NLSP), focusing on the potential reach from existing and future Tevatron searches. Promptly decaying general neutralino NLSPs can give rise to final states involving missing energy plus photons, Zs, Ws and/or Higgses. We survey the final states and determine those where the Tevatron should have the most sensitivity. We then estimate the reach of existing Tevatron searches in these final states and discuss new searches (or optimizations of existing ones) that should improve the reach. Finally we comment on the potential for discovery at the LHC.
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@article{arxiv.0911.4130,
title = {Prompt Decays of General Neutralino NLSPs at the Tevatron},
author = {Patrick Meade and Matthew Reece and David Shih},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.4130},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
41 pages, minor changes, added refs and discussion of previous literature