
Weak-scale supersymmetry is a well-motivated, if speculative, theory beyond the Standard Model of particle physics. It solves the thorny issue of the Higgs mass, namely: how can it be stable to quantum corrections, when they are expected to be 10 15 times bigger than its mass? The experimental signal of the theory is the production and measurement of supersymmetric particles in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments. No such particles have been seen to date, but hopes are high for the impending run in 2015. Searches for supersymmetric particles can be difficult to interpret. Here, we shall discuss the fact that, even given a well-defined model of supersymmetry breaking with few parameters, there can be multiple solutions. These multiple solutions are physically different and could potentially mean that points in parameter space have been ruled out by interpretations of LHC data when they should not have been. We shall review the multiple solutions and illustrate their existence in a universal model of supersymmetry breaking.
minimal supersymmetric standard model, FOS: Physical sciences, Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph), Physics - Popular Physics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics, Unified quantum theories, technical hierarchy model, constrained minimal supersymmetric Standard Model, 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 51 Physical Sciences, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics
minimal supersymmetric standard model, FOS: Physical sciences, Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph), Physics - Popular Physics, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics, Unified quantum theories, technical hierarchy model, constrained minimal supersymmetric Standard Model, 5106 Nuclear and Plasma Physics, 51 Physical Sciences, 5107 Particle and High Energy Physics
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