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Supersymmetry with a Sister Higgs

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2015-03-11 v1

Abstract

Within the context of supersymmetric theories, explaining a 125 GeV Higgs motivates a consideration of a broader range of models. We consider a simple addition to the MSSM of a "Sister Higgs" (Σd\Sigma_d), a Higgs field that participates in electroweak symmetry breaking but does not give any direct masses to Standard Model matter fields. While a relatively minor addition, the phenomenological implications can be important. Such a field can be naturally charged under an additional symmetry group GsG_s. If gauged, the Higgs mass is naturally much larger than in the MSSM through an NMSSM-type interaction, but with Σd\Sigma_d playing the role of HdH_d. The addition of the sister Higgs allows new R-parity violating operators ΣdHdE\Sigma_d H_d E, which are less constrained than conventional leptonic R-parity violation. Considerations of unification motivates the presence of colored GsG_s-charged fields. Production of these G-quarks can lead to new b-rich final states and modifications to decays of gluinos, as well as new opportunities for R-parity violation. Unlike a conventional fourth generation, G-quarks dominantly decay into a light jet and a scalar (potentially the Higgs), which then generally decays to b-jets. The presence of additional sister charges allows the possibilities that lightest sister-charged particle (LSiP) could be stable. We consider the possibility of an LSiP dark matter candidate and find it is generally very constrained.

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@article{arxiv.1207.5522,
  title  = {Supersymmetry with a Sister Higgs},
  author = {Daniele S. M. Alves and Patrick J. Fox and Neal Weiner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.5522},
  year   = {2015}
}

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36 pages

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