2010/09/30 by Steven Abel, Matthew J. Dolan, Joerg Jaeckel +1 · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Benchmark (surveying) #Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena #Gauge (firearms) #Gaugino #Geometry #High-Energy Particle Collisions Research #Large Hadron Collider #Mathematics #Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model #Neutralino #Parameter space #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Scalar (mathematics) #Statistics #Superpartner #hep-ex #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/jhep12(2010)049
22 pages, 6 figures. Version 2: added discussion of Tevatron limits
arxiv created 2010/10/06 · openalex publication_date 2010/12/01 · arxiv updated 2015/05/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We present benchmark points for Pure General Gauge Mediation (GGM) models specifically optimised for early LHC searches. The pure GGM set-up is as defined in our previous paper arXiv:0910.2674 : namely we adopt the minimal set-up in which B μ is generated only through gauge interactions, and as a result tan β is a prediction rather than an input. The only input parameters are messenger masses together with two independent scales which generate gaugino and scalar masses. The parameter space favoured by current experimental data includes an interesting region with light gluinos ( m_g ≲ 500 GeV and relatively heavy squarks) and a bino-like NLSP where early discovery is likely. We also find interesting regions of parameter space where the NLSP is a stau or stau/neutralino co-NLSP and the squark masses are relatively low. We present benchmark points which are typical for each of these three regions, and give the spectrum, branching ratios, and also the overall 2 → 2 cross-sections. This data in SLHA format can be found at http://www.ippp.dur.ac.uk/∼SUSY .