30 May 2011 to 3 June 2011
IST Congress Centre
Europe/Lisbon timezone

Light Neutralino in the MSSM

31 May 2011, 16:30
15m
VA4 (IST Congress Centre)

VA4

IST Congress Centre

Speaker

Lorenzo Calibbi (MPP, Munich)

Description

We investigate the constraints to the light neutralino dark matter scenario in the minimal supersymmetric standard model from available experimental observations such as decays of B and K meson, relic dark matter abundance, and the search for neutralino and Higgs production at colliders. We find that two regions of the MSSM parameter space fulfill all the constraints: a fine-tuned strip with large tan beta where the lightest neutralino can be as light as 8 GeV, and a low tan beta region providing a neutralino mass larger than 16 GeV. The large tan beta strip, which can be compatible with recently reported signals from direct detection experiments, can be fully tested by means of low-energy observables and, in particular, by B_s -> mu mu and Higgs bosons searches at the LHC within the upcoming months.

Authors

Lorenzo Calibbi (MPP, Munich) Toshihiko Ota (MPP, Munich) Yasutaka Takanishi (TUM, Munich)

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