Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Scientific paper
2004-11-30
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
12 pages, 1 figure; contribution to the proceedings of PASCOS'04
Scientific paper
Abelian vector bosons can get massive through the Stueckelberg mechanism without spontaneous symmetry breaking via condensation of Higgs scalar fields. This appears very naturally in models derived from string theory and supergravity. The simplest scenarios of this type consist of extensions of the Standard Model (SM) or the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) by an extra U(1)_X gauge group with Stueckelberg type couplings. For the SM, the physical spectrum is extended by a massive neutral gauge boson Z' only, while the extension of the MSSM contains a CP-even neutral scalar and two extra neutralinos. The new gauge boson Z' can be very light compared to other models with U(1)' extensions. Among the new features of the Stueckelberg extension of the MSSM, the most striking is the possibility of a new lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP) chi_{St}^0 which is mostly composed of Stueckelberg fermions. In this scenario the LSP of the MSSM chi_1^0 is unstable and decays into chi_{St}^0. Such decays alter the signatures of supersymmetry and have impact on searches for supersymmetry in accelerator experiments. Further, with R-parity invariance, chi_{St}^0 is the new candidate for dark matter.
Kors Boris
Nath Pran
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