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Page 1: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

SUSY ForeverHans Peter Nilles

Physikalisches Institut

Universitat Bonn

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67

Page 2: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Motivation for Susy

SUSY is a “better” quantum field theory with improvedultraviolet properties. This might be useful for

stabilization of the weak scale (hierarchy problem)

discussions of dark energy

models of inflation

Within particle physics (beyond the standard model) thisleads to

candidates for WIMP dark matter

realization of grand unified models

a variety of new particles

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 2/67

Page 3: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Predictions

There was some optimism in the early 80’s:

Experiments within the next five to ten years will tell uswhether supersymmetry at the weak scale is a myth orreality. (Nilles, 1984)

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 3/67

Page 4: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Predictions

There was some optimism in the early 80’s:

Experiments within the next five to ten years will tell uswhether supersymmetry at the weak scale is a myth orreality. (Nilles, 1984)

This statement is still correct!

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 3/67

Page 5: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Predictions

There was some optimism in the early 80’s:

Experiments within the next five to ten years will tell uswhether supersymmetry at the weak scale is a myth orreality. (Nilles, 1984)

The statement was motivated in view of LEP. Today we waitfor LHC results. Where are we now?

No sign for physics beyond the Standard Model

No (SM) Higgs boson seen either, yet?

Do we have to worry?

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 4/67

Page 6: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

A well-motivated pattern

A specific pattern for the soft masses with alarge gravitino mass in multi-TeV range

normal squarks and sleptons in multi-TeV range

top squarks (tL, bL) and tR in TeV-range(suppressed by log(MPlanck/m3/2) ∼ 4π2)

A-parameters in TeV range

gaugino masses in TeV range

mirage pattern for gaugino masses(compressed spectrum)

A well motivated pattern emerging from the heterotic string.(Krippendorf, Nilles, Ratz, Winkler, 2012)

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 5/67

Page 7: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

SUSY Search

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 6/67

Page 8: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

SUSY Predictions

gauge coupling unification (mainly from gauginos)

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 7/67

Page 9: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

MSSM (supersymmetric)

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 8/67

Page 10: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Standard Model

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 9/67

Page 11: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

SUSY Predictions: MSSM

gauge coupling unification (mainly from gauginos)

2 Higgs (super) multiplets

heavy top quark

upper bound on the lightest Higgs boson(a unique prediction compared to other scenarii forphysics beyond the Standard Model)

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 10/67

Page 12: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Higgs-Window

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 11/67

Page 13: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

SM versus MSSM

160 165 170 175 180 185mt [GeV]

80.20

80.30

80.40

80.50

80.60

80.70M

W [G

eV]

SM

MSSM

MH = 114 GeV

MH = 600 GeV

MH = 141 GeV

MH = 467 GeV

LHC excl.

light SUSY

heavy SUSY

SMMSSM

both models

Heinemeyer, Hollik, Stockinger, Weiglein, Zeune ’11

experimental errors 95% CL:

LEP2/Tevatron (today)

Tevatron/LHC

ILC/GigaZ

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 12/67

Page 14: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

SUSY Predictions: MSSM

gauge coupling unification (mainly from gauginos)

2 Higgs (super) multiplets

heavy top quark

upper bound on the lightest Higgs boson

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 13/67

Page 15: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

SUSY Predictions: MSSM

gauge coupling unification (mainly from gauginos)

2 Higgs (super) multiplets

heavy top quark

upper bound on the lightest Higgs boson

What are the mass scales?

lightest Higgs mass less than 130 GeV

superpartners TeV or multi-TeV?

light LSP as a candidate for WIMP dark matter

old “No Lose” theorem: 20+20 TeV at the SSC

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 13/67

Page 16: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

The “Top Story”

tau and bottom found in the 70’s: prediction of top quark

toponium (tt) at 27 GeV

PETRA/PEP with CM-energy up to 40 GeV

discovery of Higgs form tt to Higgs + Gamma?

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 14/67

Page 17: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

The “Top Story”

tau and bottom found in the 70’s: prediction of top quark

toponium (tt) at 27 GeV

PETRA/PEP with CM-energy up to 40 GeV

discovery of Higgs form tt to Higgs + Gamma?

The Top Quark is a special particle!

early 80’s: SUSY models with radiative EW-symmetrybreakdown required heavy top-quark

even 50 GeV was considered ridiculously large

a natural reason for 175 GeV: “Gauge-Top-Unification”

today heavy top needed for mH > 114 GeV

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 14/67

Page 18: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Some questions

What are “natural” values for SUSY?

gaugino mass pattern

gaugino versus fermion masses

which parameters are more “robust”

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 15/67

Page 19: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Some questions

What are “natural” values for SUSY?

gaugino mass pattern

gaugino versus fermion masses

which parameters are more “robust”

Can we rule out SUSY?

find a heavy Higgs (this opportunity has been missedalready)

find something else as physics BeyondSM

does SUSY die or has it to fade away?

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 15/67

Page 20: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Higgs Window

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 16/67

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Perturbative Higgs as of 13.12.11

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 17/67

Page 22: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

SM vs. MSSM and the Higgs

160 165 170 175 180 185mt [GeV]

80.20

80.30

80.40

80.50

80.60

80.70M

W [G

eV]

SM

MSSM

MH = 114 GeV

MH = 600 GeV

MH = 141 GeV

MH = 467 GeV

LHC excl.

light SUSY

heavy SUSY

SMMSSM

both models

Heinemeyer, Hollik, Stockinger, Weiglein, Zeune ’11

experimental errors 95% CL:

LEP2/Tevatron (today)

Tevatron/LHC

ILC/GigaZ

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 18/67

Page 23: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Messages

Some theoretical guidelines:

wait till we really know the mass of Higgs boson

analyze the decay properties of Higgs boson

gaugino mass predictions are robust

predictions for scalar masses less reliable

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 19/67

Page 24: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Messages

Some theoretical guidelines:

wait till we really know the mass of Higgs boson

analyze the decay properties of Higgs boson

gaugino mass predictions are robust

predictions for scalar masses less reliable

Potentially relevant questions:

what is the pattern of gaugino masses?

are super-heavy sfermions possible?

are some of the soft mass terms suppressed?

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 19/67

Page 25: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Reading the Gaugino Code

First step to test these ideas at the LHC:

look for pattern of gaugino masses

Let us assume the

low energy particle content of the MSSM

measured values of gauge coupling constants

g21 : g2

2 : g23 ≃ 1 : 2 : 6

The evolution of gauge couplings would then lead tounification at a GUT-scale around 1016 GeV

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 20/67

Page 26: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Gravity (Modulus) Mediation

Universal gaugino mass at the GUT scale

mSUGRA pattern:M1 : M2 : M3 ≃ 1 : 2 : 6 ≃ g2

1 : g22 : g2

3

as realized in popular schemes such asgravity-, modulus- and dilaton-mediation

This leads to

LSP χ01 predominantly Bino

G = Mgluino/mχ01≃ 6

as a characteristic signature of these schemes.

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 21/67

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Anomaly Mediation

Gaugino masses below the GUT scale are determinedby the β functions

anomaly pattern:M1 : M2 : M3 ≃ 3.3 : 1 : 9

at the TeV scale as the signal of anomaly mediation.

For the gauginos, this implies

LSP χ01 predominantly Wino

G = Mgluino/mχ01≃ 9

Pure anomaly mediation inconsistent, as sfermion massesare problematic in this scheme (tachyonic sleptons).

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 22/67

Page 28: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Guide lines from string theory

Is there a general pattern of the soft mass terms?

We always have (from flux and gaugino condensate)

W = something − exp(−X)

where “something” is small and X is moderately large.

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 23/67

Page 29: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Guide lines from string theory

Is there a general pattern of the soft mass terms?

We always have (from flux and gaugino condensate)

W = something − exp(−X)

where “something” is small and X is moderately large.

In fact in this simple scheme

X ∼ log(MPlanck/m3/2)

providing a “little” hierarchy.(Choi, Falkowski, HPN, Olechowski, Pokorski, 2004)

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 23/67

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Mixed Mediation Schemes

The contribution from “Modulus Mediation” is thereforesuppressed by the factor

X ∼ log(MPlanck/m3/2) ∼ 4π2.

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 24/67

Page 31: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

Mixed Mediation Schemes

The contribution from “Modulus Mediation” is thereforesuppressed by the factor

X ∼ log(MPlanck/m3/2) ∼ 4π2.

Thus the contribution due to radiative corrections becomescompetitive, leading to mixed mediation schemes.

The simplest case for radiative corrections leads toanomaly mediation competing now with the suppressedcontribution of modulus mediation.

For reasons that will be explained later we call this scheme

MIRAGE MEDIATION(Loaiza, Martin, HPN, Ratz, 2005)

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 24/67

Page 32: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

The little hierarchy

mX ∼ 〈X〉m3/2 ∼ 〈X〉2msoft

is a generic signal of such a scheme

moduli and gravitino are heavy

gaugino mass spectrum is compressed(Choi, Falkowski, HPN, Olechowski, 2005; Endo, Yamaguchi, Yoshioka, 2005;

Choi, Jeong, Okumura, 2005)

lightest modulus has mass m3/2 log(MPlanck/m3/2)

and thus avoids cosmological problems with modulifields

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 25/67

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Top-down arguments

In string theory we have (from flux and gauginocondensate)

W = flux − exp(−X)

modulus mediation suppressedX ∼ log(MPlanck/m3/2) ∼ 4π2

radiative corrections become relevant (proportional tothe β function, i.e. negative for the gluino, positive forthe bino)

Mixed mediation scheme: Mirage Mediation (MMAM)

Mirage pattern for gaugino masses:m1/2 ∼ m3/2/4π

2

(Choi, Falkowski, Nilles, Olechowski, 2005)

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 26/67

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Evolution of couplings

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17log10 H�GeVL

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.06

0.07

0.08

0.09Α

i

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 27/67

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The Mirage Scale

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17log10 H�GeVL

600

800

1000

1200

1400

1600

Mi�

GeV

M3

M2

M1

(Lebedev, HPN, Ratz, 2005)

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 28/67

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Gaugino Masses

0 1 2 3 5 10 ¥

-3

-2

-1

0

1

2

3

Α

Ma�ÈM

0ÈH

1+Α

2L1�2

M1

M2

M3

Mod

ulus­

Anom

aly­

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 29/67

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Mirage Pattern

Mixed boundary conditions at the GUT scalecharacterized by the parameter α:the ratio of modulus to anomaly mediation.

M1 : M2 : M3 ≃ 1 : 1.3 : 2.5 for α ≃ 1

M1 : M2 : M3 ≃ 1 : 1 : 1 for α ≃ 2

The mirage scheme leads to

LSP χ01 predominantly Bino

G = Mgluino/mχ01

< 6

a “compact” (compressed) gaugino mass pattern(a challenge for LHC searches).

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 30/67

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Constraints onα

0 0.25 0.5 0.75 1 1.25 1.5 1.75 2

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Α

m3�

2@T

eVD

tan Β = 30 Ξ = 1�3 Φ = 0

TACHYONS

t�LS

PBelow LEP

W > WWMAP

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 31/67

Page 39: SUSY Forever - uni-bonn.de · SUSY Forever Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut Universitat Bonn¨ SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 1/67. Motivation

The fate of sfermion masses

scalar masses are less protected(Lebedev, Nilles, Ratz, 2006; Löwen, Nilles, 2008)

large contributions to sfermion massesremoves potential tachyonsHeavy squarks and sleptons in multi-TeV range

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 32/67

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Constraints onα

an Β � 30 Ηi �t 3

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

�3�

2�T

eVm

Α

g�

LSP

No EWSB

Χ� + LSP

BelowLEP BelowLEP

t�LS

P�+

LSP

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 33/67

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SUSY Search

Search is strongly model dependent.

It is sensitive to gluino/LSP ratio, the mass of the LSPand the nature of jets in the gluino decay chain.

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 34/67

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The Heterotic String Pattern

It will give us specific pattern for the soft masses with alarge gravitino mass in the multi-TeV range,

(Krippendorf, Nilles, Ratz, Winkler, 2012)

normal squarks and sleptons in multi-TeV range,

top squarks (tL, bL) and tR in TeV range(suppressed by log(MPlanck/m3/2) ∼ 4π2),

heavy moduli fields,

gaugino masses in TeV range,

mirage pattern for gaugino masses(compressed spectrum),

reminiscent of a scheme called “Natural Susy”.

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 35/67

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Calabi Yau Manifold

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 36/67

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Orbifold

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 37/67

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Geography

Many properties of the models depend on the geography ofextra dimensions, such as

the location of quarks and leptons,

the relative location of Higgs bosons,

SUSY Forever, COSGRAV12, ISI, Kolkata, India, February 2012 – p. 38/67

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Geography

Many properties of the models depend on the geography ofextra dimensions, such as

the location of quarks and leptons,

the relative location of Higgs bosons,

but there is also a “localization” of gauge fields

E8 × E8 in the bulk

smaller gauge groups on various branes

Observed 4-dimensional gauge group is common subroupof the various localized gauge groups!

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Localization

Quarks, Leptons and Higgs fields can be localized:

in the Bulk (d = 10 untwisted sector)

on 3-Branes (d = 4 twisted sector fixed points)

on 5-Branes (d = 6 twisted sector fixed tori)

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Localization

Quarks, Leptons and Higgs fields can be localized:

in the Bulk (d = 10 untwisted sector)

on 3-Branes (d = 4 twisted sector fixed points)

on 5-Branes (d = 6 twisted sector fixed tori)

but there is also a “localization” of gauge fields

E8 × E8 in the bulk

smaller gauge groups on various branes

Observed 4-dimensional gauge group is common subroupof the various localized gauge groups!

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Localized gauge symmetries

SU(6)×SU(2)

SU(6)×SU(2)

SO(10)

SU(4)2

(Förste, HPN, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2004)

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Standard Model Gauge Group

SU(6)×SU(2)

SU(6)×SU(2)

SU(3) 2

SU(5)

SU(4)×SU(2)2

SO(10)

SU(4)2

SU

(4)×

SU

(2)2

SU(5)

SU

(3) 2

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Local Grand Unification

In fact string theory gives us a variant of GUTs

complete multiplets for fermion families

split multiplets for gauge- and Higgs-bosons

partial Yukawa unification

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Local Grand Unification

In fact string theory gives us a variant of GUTs

complete multiplets for fermion families

split multiplets for gauge- and Higgs-bosons

partial Yukawa unification

Key properties of the theory depend on the geographyof the fields in extra dimensions.

This geometrical set-up called local grand unification,can be realized in the framework of the

“heterotic braneworld”.(Förste, HPN, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2004; Buchmüller, Hamaguchi, Lebedev, Ratz, 2004)

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The MiniLandscape

many models with the exact spectrum of the MSSM(absence of chiral exotics)

(Lebedev, HPN, Raby, Ramos-Sanchez, Ratz, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2007-2009)

local grand unification (by construction)

gauge- and (partial) Yukawa unification(Raby, Wingerter, 2007)

examples of neutrino see-saw mechanism(Buchmüller, Hamguchi, Lebedev, Ramos-Sanchez, Ratz, 2007)

models with R-parity + solution to the µ-problem(Lebedev, HPN, Raby, Ramos-Sanchez, Ratz, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2007)

gaugino condensation and mirage mediation(Löwen, HPN, 2008)

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A Benchmark Model

At the orbifold point the gauge group is

SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1)9 × SU(4) × SU(2)

one U(1) is anomalous

there are singlets and vectorlike exotics

decoupling of exotics and breakdown of gauge grouphas been verified

remaining gauge group

SU(3) × SU(2) × U(1)Y × SU(4)hidden

for discussion of neutrinos and R-parity we keep alsothe U(1)B−L charges

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Spectrum

# irrep label # irrep label

3 (3,2;1,1)(1/6,1/3) qi 3`

3,1;1,1´

(−2/3,−1/3)ui

3 (1,1;1,1)(1,1) ei 8 (1,2;1,1)(0,∗) mi

3 + 1`

3,1;1,1´

(1/3,−1/3)di 1 (3,1;1,1)(−1/3,1/3) di

3 + 1 (1,2;1,1)(−1/2,−1) ℓi 1 (1,2;1,1)(1/2,1) ℓi

1 (1,2;1,1)(−1/2,0) hd 1 (1,2;1,1)(1/2,0) hu

6`

3,1;1,1´

(1/3,2/3)δi 6 (3,1;1,1)(−1/3,−2/3) δi

14 (1,1;1,1)(1/2,∗) s+i 14 (1,1;1,1)(−1/2,∗) s−i

16 (1,1;1,1)(0,1) ni 13 (1,1;1,1)(0,−1) ni

5 (1,1;1,2)(0,1) ηi 5 (1,1;1,2)(0,−1) ηi

10 (1,1;1,2)(0,0) hi 2 (1,2;1,2)(0,0) yi

6 (1,1;4,1)(0,∗) fi 6`

1,1;4,1´

(0,∗)fi

2 (1,1;4,1)(−1/2,−1) f−

i 2`

1,1;4,1´

(1/2,1)f+

i

4 (1,1;1,1)(0,±2) χi 32 (1,1;1,1)(0,0) s0i

2`

3,1;1,1´

(−1/6,2/3)vi 2 (3,1;1,1)(1/6,−2/3) vi

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Unification

Higgs doublets are inuntwisted sector(bulk)

heavy top quark inuntwisted sector(bulk)

µ−term protected by adiscrete symmetry

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17log10 H�GeVL

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.06

0.07

0.08

0.09

Αi

Α3

Α2

Α1

Αt

Minkowski vacuum before Susy breakdown (no AdS)

solution to µ-problem (Casas, Munoz, 1993)

natural incorporation of gauge-Yukawa unification

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Emergent localization properties

The benchmark model illustrates some of the generalproperties of the “MiniLandscape”

exactly two Higgs multiplets (no triplets)

the top quark lives in the untwisted sector (as well asthe Higgs multiplets)

only one trilinear Yukawa coupling (all otherssuppressed)

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Emergent localization properties

The benchmark model illustrates some of the generalproperties of the “MiniLandscape”

exactly two Higgs multiplets (no triplets)

the top quark lives in the untwisted sector (as well asthe Higgs multiplets)

only one trilinear Yukawa coupling (all otherssuppressed)

The fact that the top-quark has this unique propertyamong all the quarks and leptons has importantconsequences for the phenomenological predictionsincluding supersymmetry breakdown.

(Krippendorf, HPN, Ratz, Winkler, 2012)

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Heterotic string: gaugino condensation

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16log10 HL�GeVL

0

5

10

15

20

25

#of

mod

els

Gravitino mass m3/2 = Λ3/M2Planck and Λ ∼ exp(−τ)

(Lebedev, HPN, Raby, Ramos-Sanchez, Ratz, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2006)

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Heterotic string

Fixing U- and T- moduli in a supersymmetric way(Kappl, Petersen, Raby, Ratz, Vaudrevange, 2010; Anderson, Gray, Lukas, Ovrut, 2011)

we remain with a run-away dilaton

But we need to adjust the vacuum energy

matter field in untwisted sector

“downlifting” mechanism can fix τ as well (no need fornonperturbative corrections to the Kähler potential)

(Löwen, HPN, 2008)

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Downlift

(Löwen, HPN, 2008)

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Mirage scheme

Fixing U- and T- moduli in a supersymmetric way(Kappl et al., 2010); Anderson et al., 2011

we remain with a run-away dilaton

But we need to adjust the vacuum energy

matter field in untwisted sector

“downlifting” mechanism can fix τ as well (no need fornonperturbative corrections to the Kähler potential)

again a mirage scheme with suppression factorlog(m3/2/MPlanck)

(Löwen, HPN, 2008)

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Soft terms

So we have mirage suppression (compared to m3/2) of

gaugino masses (with compressed spectrum)

A-parameters in the (few) TeV range.

Scalar masses are less protected

heavy squarks and sleptons: m0 < O(30)TeV

But, the top quark plays a special role

as a result of gauge-Yukawa-unificationgtop ∼ ggauge ∼ gstring

that explains the large value of the top-quark mass(Lebedev, Nilles, Raby, Ramos-Sanchez, Ratz, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2007)

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Soft terms

While normal scalar masses are less protected

this is not true for the top- and Higgs-multiplets

they live in the untwisted sector (bulk)

all other multiplets live twisted sectors (branes)

This can be understood as a remnant of

extended supersymmetry in higher dimensions

N = 4 supersymmetry from N = 1 in D = 10 via toruscompactification

Higgs und stops remain in the TeV-range(Krippendorf, Nilles, Ratz, Winkler, 2012)

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The overall pattern

This provides a specific pattern for the soft masses with alarge gravitino mass in the multi-TeV range

normal squarks and sleptons in multi-TeV range

top squarks (tL, bL) and tR in TeV-range(suppressed by log(MPlanck/m3/2) ∼ 4π2)

A-parameters in TeV range

gaugino masses in TeV range

mirage pattern for gaugino masses(compressed spectrum)

heavy moduli (enhanced by log(MPlanck/m3/2)

compared to the gravitino mass)

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A Closer Look

A more detailed picture requires the analysis of specificmodels. Issues that have to be clarified:

the appearance of tachyons,

partially inherited from anomaly mediationtwo-loop effects in the presence of heavy scalars

the hierarchy between gauginos and sfermions.

Can we satisfy all phenomenological constraints?

mass of Higgs, correct electroweak symmetrybreakdown etc.nature and abundance of WIMP-LSP.

Can this scheme be tested at the LHC?

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Tachyons

Light stops are close to the tachyonic boundary andtwo-loop effects might become important (a genericproblem of models with heavy sfermions)

1000 106 109 1012 10150

100

200

300

400

500

600

Q @GeVD

mQ

3L@G

eVD

1 Loop

2 Loop

m f=2300 GeV

1 Loop

2 Loop

m f=300 GeV

Are intermediate scale tachyons cosmologicallyacceptable? (Ellis, Giedt, Lebedev, Olive,Srednicki; 2008)

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Benchmark model with a TeV gluino

12 14 16 18 20 220.00

0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

·

Ξf

300

7501000

500

m 3� 2=5 TeV

Ξ3=1�3

BP1

Parameter scan for a gluino mass of 1 TeV.The coloured regions are excluded while the hatchedregion indicates the current reach of the LHC.The contours indicate the mass of the lightest stop.

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Spectrum 1

116

223

409

727

500

1000

2000

2700

Mass @GeVD

heavy scalars

b�

1t�1

t�2

Χ�

10

Χ�

20 Χ�

1+

Χ�

30, Χ� 4

0, Χ� 2+

g�

h0

H0, A0, H+

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Model with 4 TeV gluino

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 140.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

0.30

·

Ξf

500 1000 15002000

m 3� 2=15 TeV

Ξ3=0.33

BP2

Parameter scan for a gluino mass of 4 TeV.The coloured regions are excluded while the hatchedregion indicates the current reach of the LHC.The contours indicate the mass of the lightest stop.

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Spectrum of model with a 4 TeV gluino

126

4031

1026

500

2000

3000

10 000

14 000

Mass @GeVD

heavy scalars

b�

1t�1

t�2

Χ�

10

Χ�

20 Χ�

1+

Χ�

30, Χ� 4

0, Χ� 2+

g�

h0

H0, A0, H+

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Messages

large gravitino mass (multi TeV-range)

heavy moduli: m3/2 log(MPlanck/m3/2)

mirage pattern for gaugino masses rather robust

sfermion masses are of order m3/2

the ratio between sfermion and gaugino masses islimited

heterotic string yields “Natural Susy”. There is areduced fine-tuning because of

mirage pattern,and light stops,

and this is a severe challenge for LHC searches.

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Comparison to other schemes

Mirage pattern for gaugino masses seems to be commonfor type II, G2MSSM and heterotic models

type IIB (Kachru, Kallosh, Linde, Trivedi, 2003)

all sfermions unprotectedA-parameters in few TeV-range

G2MSSM (Acharya, Bobkov, Kane, Kumar, Vaman, 2006)

all sfermions unprotected (even up to O(100)TeV)A-parameters in multi TeV-range as well

but there are no explicit models to test a connectionbetween the Yukawa pattern and soft breaking terms.

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The mass of the lightest Higgs

The mass of the lightest Higgs should be

somewhere between 115 GeV and 127 GeV

depends on the value of tan β

usually requires some fine tuning

This fine tuning is

severe in type IIB and G2MSSM,

rather mild in the heterotic picture(as a result of the mirage spectrum of gauginos and thesuppression of soft terms for Higgs- and top-multiplets).

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Lessons from heterotic string theory

scalar masses are less protected

heavy squarks and sleptons in the multi-TeV range

But, the top quark plays a special rolea large value of the top-quark Yukawa couplingrequires a special location of top and Higgs in extradimensions of string theory

(Lebedev, Nilles, Raby, Ramos-Sanchez, Ratz, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2007)

this is a result of gauge-Yukawa-unificationgtop ∼ ggauge ∼ gstring

that explains the large value of the top-quark mass

stops and Higgs bosons remain in TeV range(Krippendorf, Nilles, Ratz, Winkler, 2012)

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The overall scale

There is no (reliable) prediction for the gravitino mass

except for fine-tuning arguments

“no lose” criterion (SSC with 20+20 TeV)

does LHC satisfy this criterion?

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The overall scale

There is no (reliable) prediction for the gravitino mass

except for fine-tuning arguments

“no lose” criterion (SSC with 20+20 TeV)

does LHC satisfy this criterion?

Betting in the early 80’s

I bet that supersymmetry will be discovered before SSCgets into operation

I bet that supersymmetry will have been forgottenbefore SSC gets into operation

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Continued prediction

There is still some optimism in 2012:

Experiments within the next five to ten years will tell uswhether supersymmetry at the weak scale is a myth orreality.

We have to wait and see.

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Bavarian “Philosopher”

(K. Valentin, 1882-1948)

Früher haben wir langsam gewartet, heute warten wirimmer schneller.

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