Electroweak Breaking and the mu problem in Supergravity Models with an Additional U(1)

Details Electroweak Breaking and the mu problem in Supergravity Models with an Additional U(1) Electroweak Breaking and the mu problem in Supergravity Models with an Additional U(1)

1997-03-13

arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9703317v2

Phys.Rev.D56:2861,1997; Erratum-ibid.D58:119905,1998

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

45 pages, revtex, 20 eps figures, psfig.sty; Minor numerical renormalization group results corrected. Erratum to appear in Phy

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.56.2861 10.1103

We consider electroweak symmetry breaking in supersymmetric models with an extra non-anomalous U(1)' gauge symmetry and an extra standard-model singlet scalar S. For appropriate charges the U(1)' forbids an elementary mu term, but an effective mu is generated by the VEV of S, leading to a natural solution to the mu problem. There are a variety of scenarios leading to acceptably small Z-Z' mixing and other phenomenological consequences, all of which involve some but not excessive fine tuning. One class, driven by a large trilinear soft supersymmetry breaking term, implies small mixing, a light Z' (e.g., 200 GeV), and an electroweak phase transition that may be first order at tree level. In another class, with m_S^2 < 0 (radiative breaking), the typical scale of dimensional parameters, including M_{Z'} and the effective mu, is O(1 TeV), but the electroweak scale is smaller due to cancellations. We relate the soft supersymmetry breaking parameters at the electroweak scale to those at the string scale, choosing Yukawa couplings as determined within a class of string models. We find that one does not obtain either scenario for universal soft supersymmetry breaking mass parameters at the string scale and no exotic multiplets contributing to the renormalization group equations. However, either scenario is possible when the assumption of universal soft breaking is relaxed. Radiative breaking can also be generated by exotics, which are expected in most string models.

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