MSSM scenarios with low tanβ and Heavy SUSY

-- MarioPelliccioni - 2015-02-17

Public document LHCHXSWG-2015-002

A detailed discussion and comparison of the subsequent scenarios can be found in:

"Benchmark scenarios for low tanβ in the MSSM"
E. Bagnaschi, F. Frensch, S. Heinemeyer, G. Lee, S. Liebler, M. Mühlleitner, A. Mc Carn, J. Quevillon, N. Rompotis, P. Slavich, M. Spira, C. Wagner, R. Wolf
LHCHXSWG-2015-002

"low-tb-high" scenario with FeynHiggs

STATUS 2019: This scenario is outdated. Please use the scenarios from 1901.05933 on the main webpage of the subgroup.

* benchmark5-v0.pdf: write-up

* FeynHiggs input file, as linked from the BR web page (using this special input file to ensure the correct SM parameters).

* BR output files as linked from the BR web page (keys here)

NOTE: neutral-Higgs BRs updated on 28.04.2015 with agreed SM inputs and improved calculation of H->hh width; charged-Higgs BRs updated on 13.05.2015

• BR(h, low-tb-high): BR.low-tb-high.h0.output
• BR(H, low-tb-high): BR.low-tb-high.HH.output
• BR(A, low-tb-high): BR.low-tb-high.A0.output
• BR(Hp, low-tb-high): BR.low-tb-high.Hp.output

* Experimentally excluded regions in the low-tb-high scenario as obtained with HiggsBounds4.2 (provided by Tim Stefaniak): HBchannels_noHS.eps.gz

* Below are attached the final merged ROOT files to be used with the v1.0 access tool, which contain Higgs masses and widths, ggF cross sections, bbH 4FS, 5FS and Santander-matched cross sections, scale and pdf-alpha_s cross section uncertainties, and branching ratios.

27.05.2016: Update of the 8 and 13 TeV ROOT histograms with corrected bbH cross sections .

• low-tb-high files
  
  • low-tb-high_8TeV.root: 8 TeV, tan(β): 0.5-10, mA = 150-500 GeV
  • low-tb-high_13TeV.root: 13 TeV, tan(β): 0.5-10, mA = 150-500 GeV

The hMSSM approach:

Details, definitions and discussions can be found in the two original papers:

Fully covering the MSSM Higgs sector at the LHC

The post-Higgs MSSM scenario: Habemus MSSM?

* Below are attached the final merged ROOT files to be used with the v1.0 access tools, which contain Higgs masses and widths, ggF cross sections, bbH 4FS, 5FS and Santander-matched cross sections, scale and pdf-alpha_s cross section uncertainties, and branching ratios.

27.05.2016: Update of the 8 and 13 TeV ROOT histograms with corrected bbH cross sections .

• hMSSM files
  
  • hMSSM_8TeV.root: 8 TeV, tan(β): 0.8-60, mA = 130-1000 GeV
  • hMSSM_13TeV.root: 13 TeV, tan(β): 0.8-60, mA = 130-2000 GeV

Effective THDM with high-scale SUSY boundary conditions

Higgs Bosons in Heavy Supersymmetry with an Intermediate mA

Vacuum stability and supersymmetry at high scales with two Higgs doublets

Sample input files for the computation of cross sections and branching ratios

• Input for FeynHiggs:
  Example input file for "low-tb-high" scenario: low-tb-high-LHCHXSWG-SMinput.in
  To be used together with the data file "low-tb-high-LHCHXSWG.dat" linked above in the "FeynHiggs" subsection.
• Input for SusHi:
  Example input file for "low-tb-high" scenario: lowtanbhigh_mA300_tb2.0_SusHiinput.in
  Zipped form of all "low-tb-high" scenario input files: lowtanbhigh_SusHiinput.tar.gz
  Example input file for the hMSSM: hMSSM_SusHiinput.in (to adjust: α and m_H according to hMSSM formulas)
• Input for HDECAY: hdecay.in

Links to discussions and talks

1st Vidyo meeting on 15 December 2014

Talk at the 9th general meeting of the HXSWG on 23 January 2015

2nd Vidyo meeting on 12 February 2015

3rd Vidyo meeting on 29 May 2015 (access restricted)

Talk at the 10th general meeting of the HXSWG on 15 July 2015

4th Vidyo meeting on 15 February 2016