Conveners
SUSY II
- Matthew Baumgart (Carnegie Mellon University)
Aria Basirnia
(Rutgers University)
5/4/15, 4:30 PM
parallel talk
We present a new mechanism to generate large A-terms at tree-level in the MSSM
through the use of superpotential operators. The mechanism trivially resolves the
A/m^2 problem which plagues models with conventional, loop-induced A-terms. We
study both MFV and non-MFV models; in the former, naturalness motivates us to
construct a UV completion using Seiberg duality. Finally, we study the...
Carlos Alvarado
(University of Notre Dame)
5/4/15, 4:45 PM
parallel talk
We explore extensions of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model involving
two SU(2)L triplet superfields that share a superpotential Dirac mass yet only one of which couples to the Higgs fields. This choice is motivated by recent work using two singlet superfields with the same superpotential requirements. We find that, as in the singlet case, the Higgs mass in the triplet extension can be...
Michael Savoy
5/4/15, 5:00 PM
parallel talk
Recently, it has been argued that various measures of SUSY naturalness- electroweak,
Higgs mass and EENZ/BG- when applied consistently concur with one another and make
very specic predictions for natural supersymmetric spectra. Highly natural spectra are
characterized by light higgsinos with mass not too far from m_h and well-mixed, but TeV-
scale, third generation squarks. We apply the...
Jeff Dror
(Cornell University)
5/4/15, 5:15 PM
parallel talk
The LHC collaborations are putting forth tremendous efforts to find supersymmetry at the TeV scale. However, they are yet to find any conclusive hints of physics beyond the Standard Model. Meanwhile, both ATLAS and CMS have discovered a new scalar at 125 GeV which appears compatible with the Standard Model Higgs. Recently, the possibility that the Higg's doublet is the superpartner of one of...
Yousuke Kataoka
(University of Tokyo (JP))
5/4/15, 5:30 PM
SUSY
parallel talk
Despite the absence of experimental evidence, weak scale supersymmetry
remains one of the best motivated and studied Standard Model extensions.
This talk summarises recent ATLAS results on searches for supersymmetric
squarks and gluinos, including third generation squarks produced directly
or via decay of gluinos, using 20/fb of sqrt(s)=8 TeV p-p collision data.
The searches involved...
Preema Rennee Pais
(University of Massachusetts (US))
5/4/15, 6:00 PM
SUSY
This talk presents the latest ATLAS results in the context of electroweak production of SUSY particle, R-Parity violating SUSY scenarios, and scenarios with long-lived SUSY particles. The results presented use the full 20/fb of sqrt(s)=8TeV p-p collisions collected by the ATLAS experiment in 2012. The prompt searches consider final states including leptons, jets (including b-jets) and missing...
Samuel Louis Bein
(Florida State University (US))
5/4/15, 6:15 PM
SUSY
parallel talk
The R-parity conserving minimal supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) is a possible description of nature that is motivated by its providing a natural explanation for the hierarchy problem and a possible account of cosmic dark matter. The vastness of the full model space of the MSSM, which spans over 100 dimensions, has motivated the interpretation of CMS results in terms of a proxy model for...
