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The dark side of mSUGRA


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Allanach, BC 
Lester, CG 
Weber, AM 

Abstract

We study the mu<0 branch of the minimal supergravity ansatz of the minimal supersymmetric standard model. The extent to which mu<0 is disfavoured compared to mu>0 in global fits is calculated with Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods and bridge sampling. The fits include state-of-the-art two-loop MSSM contributions to the electroweak observables M_W and sin^2 theta_w^l, as well as the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon (g-2)_mu, the relic density of dark matter and other relevant indirect observables. mu<0 is only marginally disfavoured in global fits and should be considered in mSUGRA analyses. We estimate that the ratio of probabilities is P(mu<0) / P(mu>0)=0.07-0.16.

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supersymmetric standard model, cosmology of theories beyond the SM, supersymmetry phenomenology, supersymmetric effective theories, SUPERGRAVITY GRAND UNIFICATION, STANDARD MODEL, RELIC DENSITY, HIGGS SECTOR, NEUTRALINO, SUPERSYMMETRY, MSSM, COANNIHILATION, PROGRAM, MATTER

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J HIGH ENERGY PHYS

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1126-6708
1029-8479

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Springer Science and Business Media LLC