The Higgs boson, Supersymmetry and Dark Matter: Relations and Perspectives

TL;DR

This paper explores how the discovery of the Higgs boson relates to supersymmetry and dark matter research at colliders and underground experiments, highlighting their interconnected roles in understanding new physics and cosmology.

Contribution

It discusses the connections between Higgs boson studies, supersymmetry, and dark matter searches at current and future experiments, emphasizing their combined potential to uncover new physics.

Findings

Higgs boson measurements can inform supersymmetry models.

Dark matter detection efforts are linked to Higgs and supersymmetry studies.

Future colliders and underground experiments are crucial for advancing understanding.

Abstract

The discovery of a light Higgs boson at the LHC opens a broad program of studies and measurements to understand the role of this particle in connection with New Physics and Cosmology. Supersymmetry is the best motivated and most thoroughly formulated and investigated model of New Physics which predicts a light Higgs boson and can explain dark matter. This paper discusses how the study of the Higgs boson connects with the search for supersymmetry and for dark matter at the LHC and at a future $e^+e^-$ collider and with dedicated underground dark matter experiments.