Dark matter and collider signatures of the MSSM

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We explore the MSSM with 9 free parameters (p9MSSM) that have been selected as a minimum set that allows an investigation of neutralino dark matter and collider signatures while maintaining consistency with several constraints.

• These include measurement of the dark matter relic density from PLANCK, main properties of the discovered Higgs boson, LHC direct SUSY searches, recent evidence for a Standard Model-like BR(Bs -> \mu+ \mu-), and the measurement of \delta(g-2), plus a number of other electroweak and flavor physics constraints.
• We perform a simulation of two LHC direct SUSY searches at sqrt(s)=8 TeV: the CMS inclusive \alpha_T search for squarks and gluinos and the CMS electroweak production search with 3l+E_T^miss in the final state.
• We use the latter to identify the regions of the parameter space, consistent at 2\sigma\ with \delta(g-2), that are not excluded by the direct limits from the electroweak production.