Supersymmetry Without (Too Much) Prejudice

TL;DR

This paper explores the phenomenological MSSM's parameter space, identifying viable regions consistent with experimental constraints, thereby broadening the scope for SUSY phenomenology at colliders and in astrophysics.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive scan of the 19-dimensional MSSM parameter space without assuming specific SUSY breaking scenarios or high-scale physics.

Findings

Large viable parameter space consistent with constraints

Potential for new SUSY phenomenology at colliders

Implications for astrophysical observations

Abstract

We have recently completed a detailed scan of the 19-dimensional parameter space of the phenomenological MSSM, i.e., the CP-conserving MSSM assuming Minimal Flavor Violation(MFV) with the first two sfermion generations degenerate. We found a large set of parameter space points that satisfied all of the existing experimental and theoretical constraints. This analysis allows us to examine the general features of the MSSM without reference to any particular SUSY breaking scenario or any other assumptions about physics at higher scales. This study opens up new possibilities for SUSY phenomenology both at colliders and in astrophysical observations.