Grand unification and the supersymmetric threshold

Journal Article · Mon Feb 10 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.68.752· OSTI ID:5081736

Barbieri, R ^[1]; Hall, L J ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Pisa, and Instituto Nazionale de Fisica Nucleaire, Sezione de Pisa, Pisa (Italy)
2. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States) Theoretical Physics Group, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

It is shown that grand unification of the minimal supersymmetric standard model does not lead to a prediction for the scale of the superpartner masses, even if the inputs {alpha}, sin{sup 2}{theta}, and {alpha}{sub {ital s}} are known exactly.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5081736
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (United States) Vol. 68:6; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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