Constraining Supersymmetric Models: Using Higgs Physics, Precision Observables and Direct Searches

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This thesis analyses how supersymmetric (SUSY) extensions of the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics can be constrained using information from Higgs physics, electroweak precision observables and direct searches for new particles. Direct searches for SUSY particles at the LHC have not resulted in any signal so far, and limits on the SUSY parameter space have been set. Measurements of the properties of the observed Higgs boson at 125 GeV as well as of the W boson mass can provide valuable indirect constraints, supplementing the ones from direct searches. Precise calculations are performed for Higgs decays and electroweak precision observables within the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model and the next to-minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model. Furthermore, a method is presented to reinterpret the LHC limits from direct SUSY searches in more realistic SUSY scenarios. The phenomenological consequences of those results are thoroughly analysed.

Author(s): Lisa Zeune
Series: Springer Theses
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2015

Language: English
Pages: 216
Tags: Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-5
The Standard Model and Its Supersymmetric Extensions....Pages 7-31
Perturbative Calculations....Pages 33-39
Experimental Status....Pages 41-52
The W Boson Mass in the SM, the MSSM and the NMSSM....Pages 53-118
The Diphoton Decay Channel in the MSSM and the NMSSM....Pages 119-139
Fitting the MSSM to the Observed Higgs Signal....Pages 141-177
Constraining SUSY Scenarios Using Simplified Models....Pages 179-200
Conclusions....Pages 201-205