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The CMSSM survives Planck, the LHC, LUX-ZEPLIN, Fermi-LAT, H.E.S.S. and IceCube

John Ellis, Keith A. Olive, Vassilis C. Spanos, Ioanna D. Stamou

2023The European Physical Journal C18 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract We revisit the viability of the CMSSM, searching for regions of parameter space that yield a neutralino dark matter density compatible with Planck measurements, as well as LHC constraints including sparticle searches and the mass of the Higgs boson, recent direct limits on spin-independent and -dependent dark matter scattering from the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment, the indirect constraints from Fermi -LAT and H.E.S.S. on dark matter annihilations to photons in dwarf spheroidal galaxies and the Galactic Centre, and the IceCube limits on muons from annihilations to neutrinos in the Sun. For representative values of $$\tan \beta $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>tan</mml:mo> <mml:mi>β</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$A_0$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>A</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> </mml:math> we map in detail the Planck -compatible strips in CMSSM parameter planes, which exhibit multiple distinctive features for large $$\tan \beta $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>tan</mml:mo> <mml:mi>β</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , $$A_0 = 0$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>A</mml:mi> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> and $$\mu &gt; 0$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>μ</mml:mi> <mml:mo>&gt;</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , and identify portions of the strips that survive all the phenomenological constraints. We find that the most powerful constraint is that from $$m_h$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mi>h</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:math> , followed by the LZ limit on spin-independent scattering, whereas sparticle searches at the LHC and indirect dark matter searches are less restrictive. Most of the surviving CMSSM parameter space features a Higgsino-like dark matter particle with a mass $$\sim 1000{-}1100$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>∼</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1000</mml:mn> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1100</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> GeV, which could best be probed with future direct searches for dark matter scattering.

Topics & Concepts

PhysicsPlanckLarge Hadron ColliderParticle physicsFermi Gamma-ray Space TelescopeNuclear physicsAstrophysicsDark Matter and Cosmic PhenomenaParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesCosmology and Gravitation Theories