2010/10/16 by Shibi Rajagopalan, Rajagopalan, Shibi
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1010.3384
arxiv created 2010/10/16 · openalex publication_date 2010/10/16 · arxiv updated 2010/10/19 · openalex created_date 2022/10/04 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In this thesis we examine three different models in the MSSM context, all of which have significant supergravity anomaly contributions to their soft masses. These models are the so-called Minimal, Hypercharged, and Gaugino Anomaly Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking models. We explore some of the string theoretical motivations for these models and proceed by understanding how they would appear at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Our major results include calculating the LHC reach for each model's parameter space and prescribing a method for distinguishing the models after the collection of 100 fb-1 at sqrts=14 TeV. AMSB models are notorious for predicting too low a dark matter relic density. To counter this argument we explore several proposed mechanisms for non-thermal dark matter production that act to augment abundances from the usual thermal calculations. Interestingly, we find that future direct detection dark matter experiments potentially have a much better reach than the LHC for these models.