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Higgs bosons and sleptons in an alternative left-right model

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)
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  1. Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (USA)

The phenomenological structure of the combined Higgs-boson--slepton sector of the alternative left-right-supersymmetric model introduced by Ma is explored. Constraints upon and relations between Higgs-boson and slepton masses are derived and a tightly constrained mass spectrum is found. In general, one neutral Higgs boson is never heavier than 98 GeV, one neutral Higgs boson is always nearly degenerate in mass with the extra neutral gauge boson {ital Z}{sub 2}{sup 0}, and the charged Higgs boson can in principle be as light as 22 GeV. Further constraints require large ratios of Higgs vacuum expectation values, strongly favor the {ital W}{sub {ital R}} mass above {similar to}423 GeV, predict one Higgs-boson mass to be always very close to 98 GeV, and masses of the other Higgs bosons and the sleptons to be bounded from above and preferably not much above the {ital Z} mass. In addition, the possibility of detecting light Higgs bosons at CERN LEP and the SLAC Linear Collider is briefly discussed.

DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76ER00881
OSTI ID:
7187854
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 41:7; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English