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Title
Supersymmetric dark matter after LHC run 1
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Abstract
Different mechanisms operate in various regions of the MSSM parameter space to bring the relic density of the lightest neutralino, (chi) over bar (0)(1), assumed here to be the lightest SUSY particle (LSP) and thus the dark matter (DM) particle, into the range allowed by astrophysics and cosmology. These mechanisms include coannihilation with some nearly degenerate next-to-lightest supersymmetric particle such as the lighter stau t (tau) over bar (1), stop (t) over bar (1) or chargino (chi) over bar (+/-)(1), resonant annihilation via direct-channel heavy Higgs bosons H/A, the light Higgs boson h or the Z boson, and enhanced annihilation via a larger Higgsino component of the LSP in the focus-point region. These mechanisms typically select lower-dimensional subspaces inMSSMscenarios such as the CMSSM, NUHM1, NUHM2, and pMSSM10. We analyze how future LHC and direct DM searches can complement each other in the exploration of the different DM mechanisms within these scenarios. We find that the (tau) over bar (1) coannihilation regions of the CMSSM, NUHM1, NUHM2 can largely be explored at the LHC via searches for is not an element of(T) events and long-lived charged particles, whereas their H/A funnel, focus-point and (chi) over bar (+/-)(1) coannihilation regions can largely be explored by the LZ and Darwin DM direct detection experiments. We find that the dominant DM mechanism in our pMSSM10 analysis is (chi) over bar (+/-)(1) coannihilation: parts of its parameter space can be explored by the LHC, and a larger portion by future direct DM searches.
Language
English
Source (journal)
European physical journal : C : particles and fields. - Berlin
Publication
Berlin : 2015
ISSN
1434-6044
1434-6052
DOI
10.1140/EPJC/S10052-015-3718-9
Volume/pages
75 :10 (2015) , 16 p.
Article Reference
500
ISI
000363530800001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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