The Supersymmetric Higgs

Understand

In the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (the MSSM), the electroweak symmetry is restored as supersymmetry-breaking terms are turned off.

• We describe a generic extension of the MSSM where the electroweak symmetry is broken in the supersymmetric limit.
• We call this limit the "sEWSB" phase, short for supersymmetric electroweak symmetry breaking.
• We define this phase in an effective field theory that only contains the MSSM degrees of freedom.