Discrete R symmetries and the generalised NMSSM

Particle Physics Theory seminar

Discrete R symmetries and the generalised NMSSM

  • Event time: 2:00pm
  • Event date: 23rd November 2011
  • Speaker: Kai Schmidt-Hoberg (University of Oxford)
  • Location: Lecture Theatre C,

Event details

I will discuss the anomaly free discrete R symmetries which solve the mu and proton decay problems of the (N)MSSM. These symmetries result in a somewhat generalised version of the NMSSM. We find that the corresponding fine-tuning is significantly less than is found in the MSSM or NMSSM. Remarkably the minimal fine-tuning is achieved for Higgs masses of 130 GeV - 140 GeV.

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