2021

Anomalous muon magnetic moment, supersymmetry, naturalness, LHC search limits and the landscape

Baer, Howard, Barger, Vernon, Serce, Hasan

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The recent measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment a_\mu\equiv (g-2)_\mu/2 by the Fermilab Muon g-2 experiment sharpens an earlier discrepancy between theory and the BNL E821 experiment.

  • We examine the predicted \Delta a_\mu\equiv a_\mu(exp)-a_\mu(th) in the context of supersymmetry with low electroweak naturalness (restricting to models which give a plausible explanation for the magnitude of the weak scale).
  • A global analysis including LHC Higgs mass and sparticle search limits points to interpretation within the normal scalar mass hierarchy (NSMH) SUSY model wherein first/second generation matter scalars are much lighter than third generation scalars.
  • We present a benchmark model for a viable NSMH point which is natural, obeys LHC Higgs and sparticle mass constraints and explains the muon magnetic anomaly.

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