Supersymmetry beyond the NMSSM
1CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
2Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie (Paris VI), Paris, France
3Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
4Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
Supersymmetry beyond the NMSSM
Description
The simplest supersymmetric models have come under considerable pressure in the last few years. On one hand, there are only faint hints for superpartners of standard model particles at the LHC. On the other hand, the Higgs boson has been discovered in a mass range which does not arise naturally in the minimal supersymmetric standard model. In particular, the observed value of the Higgs mass has led to a renewed interest in singlet extensions. More generally, less minimal supersymmetric models appear more and more attractive as they could explain the missing signals for SUSY at LHC while still retaining a natural explanation of the weak scale, which has been one of the main motivations for supersymmetry in the first place. In addition, different solutions for the µ-problem or the strong CP problem have been proposed.
This special issue will comprise a collection of different ideas beyond the simplest models. It is intended to cover aspects of model building, precision calculations, and phenomenological studies of the collider, dark matter, and flavor properties of these models.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- SUSY models with R-parity violation
- SUSY models with extended gauge sectors
- Singlet extensions beyond the NMSSM
- SUSY models with Dirac gauginos
- SUSY GUTs and their phenomenological impact
- SUSY models with a Peccei-Quinn symmetry and axion superfields
- Phenomenology of string-motivated SUSY models
- Precision calculations in models beyond the NMSSM
- Precision calculations in models beyond the NMSSM
- Status of searches for nonminimal SUSY models at the LHC