Neutralino dark matter in the minimal supersymmetric standard model with natural light Higgs sector

Journal Article · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.78.075010· OSTI ID:21254323

Kim, S -G; Maekawa, N; Nagao, K I; Sakurai, K; Yoshikawa, T ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8602 (Japan)

We study the neutralino relic density in the minimal supersymmetric standard model with natural light Higgs sector in which all Higgs masses, the supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking parameters, and the Higgsino mass parameter {mu} are of order the weak scale. To realize this situation we adopt nonuniversal Higgs masses at the grand unified scale. We show that in some parameter space in which the SUSY breaking parameters are comparatively small, not only the constraint from the observed relic density of dark matter but also the LEP Higgs bound and the constraint from the b{yields}s{gamma} process are satisfied. In most of the parameter space, the neutralino relic density becomes smaller than the observed relic density in contrast with the results in the constrained minimal SUSY standard model (CMSSM). The reason is that the neutralino coannihilation processes to Higgs bosons open even if the gaugino mass is small and the cross sections become large due to the small dimensionful parameters. Especially the small {mu} parameter and the light CP-odd Higgs, which are difficult to be realized in the CMSSM, are essential for the result.

• OSTI ID: 21254323
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 78; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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STANDARD MODEL
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY BREAKING