6–8 May 2013
University of Pittsburgh
US/Eastern timezone

General Messenger Higgs Mediation

7 May 2013, 15:15
15m
Benedum Hall G30 (University of Pittsburgh)

Benedum Hall G30

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA 15260
parallel talk SUSY III

Speaker

Simon Knapen

Description

We present a general formalism for analyzing supersymmetric models where the Higgs sector directly couples to the messengers of supersymmetry breaking. Such Higgs-messenger interactions are strongly motivated by the discovery of a Higgs boson near 125 GeV, but they also raise the specter of the mu/B_mu and A/m_H^2 problems. Using our formalism, we identify new avenues to solving these problems through strong dynamics in the messenger sector or hidden sector.

Authors

David Shih (Rutgers University) Nathaniel Craig Simon Knapen

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