Muon g-2 and Dark Matter suggest Non-Universal Gaugino Masses: $\mathbf{SU(5)\times A_4}$ case study at the LHC

TL;DR

This paper explores non-universal gaugino masses within an $SU(5)$ GUT and $A_4$ symmetry framework to explain muon g-2, dark matter, and LHC data, identifying viable parameter space and predicting LHC signatures.

Contribution

It demonstrates that non-universal gaugino masses are necessary and viable in this GUT model to reconcile experimental constraints, providing benchmark scenarios and LHC test predictions.

Findings

Universal gaugino masses are excluded by gluino searches.

Scenario with $M_1 < M_2 \\ll M_3$ is currently allowed.

LHC can test the surviving parameter space with upgraded luminosity.

Abstract

We argue that in order to account for the muon anomalous magnetic moment $g-2$, dark matter and LHC data, non-universal gaugino masses $M_i$ at the high scale are required in the framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). We also need a right-handed smuon $\tilde\mu_R$ with a mass around 100 GeV, evading LHC searches due to the proximity of a neutralino $\tilde{\chi}^0_1$ several GeV lighter which allows successful dark matter. We discuss such a scenario in the framework of an $SU(5)$ Grand Unified Theory (GUT) combined with $A_4$ family symmetry, where the three $\overline{5}$ representations form a single triplet of $A_4$ with a unified soft mass $m_F$, while the three $10$ representations are singlets of $A_4$ with independent soft masses $m_{T1}, m_{T2}, m_{T3}$. Although $m_{T2}$ (and hence $\tilde\mu_R$) may be light, the muon $g-2$ and relic density also requires light $M_1\simeq 250$ GeV, which is incompatible with universal gaugino masses due to LHC constraints on $M_2$ and $M_3$ arising from gaugino searches. After showing that universal gaugino masses $M_{1/2}$ at the GUT scale are excluded by gluino searches, we provide a series of benchmarks which show that while $M_{1}= M_{2} \ll M_3$ is also excluded by chargino searches, $M_{1}< M_{2} \ll M_3$ is currently allowed. Even this scenario is almost excluded by the tension between the muon $g-2$, relic density, Dark Matter direct detection and LHC data. The surviving parameter space is characterised by a higgsino mass $\mu \approx -300$ GeV, as required by the muon $g-2$. The LHC will be able to fully test this scenario with the upgraded luminosity via muon-dominated tri- and di-lepton signatures resulting from higgsino dominated $\tilde{\chi}^\pm_1 \, \tilde{\chi}^0_2$ and $\tilde{\chi}^+_1 \, \tilde{\chi}^-_1$ production.