High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · arXiv:hep-ph/0404220 v2 · submitted 24 Apr 2004 · 40 references
b-physics signals of the lightest CP-odd Higgs in the NMSSM at large tan beta
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“We investigate the low energy phenomenology of the lighter pseudoscalar A10 in the NMSSM. The A10 mass can naturally be small due to a global U(1)R symmetry of the Higgs potential, which is only broken by trilinear soft terms.”
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The A10 mass is further protected from renormalization group effects in the large tanβ limit. We calculate the b → sA10 amplitude at leading order in tanβ and work out the contributions to rare K, B and radiative Υ-decays and B−B̄ mixing. We obtain constraints on the A10 mass and couplings and show that masses down to 𝒪(10) MeV are allowed. The b-physics phenomenology of the NMSSM differs from the MSSM in the appearance of sizeable renormalization effects from neutral Higgses to the photon and gluon dipole operators and the breakdown of the MSSM correlation between the Bs → μ+μ− branching ratio and Bs−B̄s mixing. For A10 masses above the tau threshold the A10 can be searched for in b → sτ+τ− processes with branching ratios $\lsim 10^{-3}$.
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Holds up, with conditions. A clean NMSSM calculation with durable qualitative points, but the O(10) MeV headline is a scan result that should be read as 'not excluded' rather than 'established.' This line is wrong
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The paper says, at Section 4.2, Eq. (26), Eq. (28), Figure 2
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The A_1^0 contribution to B − B̄ mixing, C_SRR1 = −(1/4π²) C_A² m_W²/m_A1², scales as 1/m_A1² and is therefore most restrictive at small m_A1, precisely the region where the paper claims O(10) MeV masses are allowed. Figure 2 displays the Δm_d constraint only for m_A ≥ 500 GeV and m_A ≥ 1000 GeV, and Section 4.2 states only that constraints are found 'for larger values of |δ− v/x| and m_A ≥ 500 GeV.'
more of objection 1
The manuscript does not show whether the 1/m_A1² growth is compensated by a sufficiently small C_A in the small-m_A1 region, nor does it explain why the constraint is truncated at m_A ≥ 500 GeV. Since the headline claim (abstract:s4) depends on the O(10) MeV window surviving, the paper should either display the Δm_d constraint across the full m_A1 range or give an explicit argument (e.g., that at small m_A1 the constraint lies inside the rare-K excluded region of Eq. (21), or that C_A is GIM-suppressed there) showing that it does not close the window.
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The paper says, at Figure 2
Pith says: minor objection 1 of 5
The caption and text should state explicitly what the Δm_d curves represent (e.g., the f_d = −0.6 contour) and why they are truncated at m_A ≥ 500 GeV, so that the reader can judge whether the small-m_A1 region is constrained or merely not plotted.
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The paper says, at Section 4.1.2
Pith says: minor objection 2 of 5
The statement that 'all allowed points are at the GIM boundary θ_t ≃ π/2, which is set by our value of the cut-off ε' suggests that the allowed region in this mass range is an artifact of the scan's GIM cut. The paper should quantify the sensitivity of the allowed region to ε.
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The paper says, at Section 4.4, Eq. (35)
Pith says: minor objection 3 of 5
The bound |δ− v/x| < 3.7 for m_A1 < 23 MeV/|δ− v/x| < 2m_μ is self-referential, with |δ− v/x| appearing on both sides. The paper should state the self-consistent solution explicitly.
The paper says, at Section 5.1
Pith says: minor objection 4 of 5
The MSSM comparison uses FeynHiggs v2.02, but the scan range and number of points are not given. Stating these would let the reader judge the robustness of the quoted bounds |C_S + C_P|/|C_S − C_P| < 0.2 and |C^b_R| < 1.3 × 10^-3.
The paper says, at Section 4.1.1
Pith says: minor objection 5 of 5
The statement that masses in the range of Eq. (20) are 'disfavored since the B → K A_1^0 decay would happen too rapidly for most of the parameter space, although cannot rigorously be excluded' is vague. The paper should state what fraction of the scanned parameter space is excluded and under what assumptions.
What would settle it
Recompute f_d from Eqs. (26)-(28) at m_{A_1^0} = 10 MeV for the parameter points in Figure 2 with |delta_- v/x| ~ 0.1-0.5 and m_A = 500 GeV, using the same C_A from Eq. (9). If f_d < -0.6 for all such points, the O(10) MeV window is excluded by Delta m_d and the headline claim weakens.
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Hiller's paper is a solid, useful contribution to NMSSM flavor phenomenology, and the durable parts are not the headline number. What's actually new: the b → s A10 amplitude at leading order in tan β in the NMSSM (Eqs. 8-11). The MSSM analogue was known; the NMSSM singlet admixture changes the coupling structure, and Hiller works it out cleanly with explicit loop functions in Appendix B. The second durable point is qualitative: the MSSM relation Eq. (1) fails in the NMSSM, so neutral Higgs contributions to the photon and gluon dipole operators don't cancel, and the Bs → μμ / Δm_s correlation breaks down. Both observations are argued well and are worth citing. The headline — A10 masses down to O(10) MeV are allowed — is a scan result, not a theorem. It depends on priors for stop and scharm masses (~1 TeV), a GIM cutoff ε = 0.05, and assumed MSSM ranges for Δm_d. The paper is honest that all FCNC bounds can be evaded by tuning the super-GIM, but the flip side is that the allowed region is partly an artifact of where you put the cutoff. Read the O(10) MeV number as 'not excluded by this scan' rather than 'established.' The stress-test note flags Eq. (26): the B-Bbar mixing contribution grows as 1/mA_1^0², so Δm_d should be most restrictive at small mA_1^0. The scaling is real, but the specific claim that Figure 2 leaves the small-mass region untested doesn't hold up — the Δm_d curves span the full mA_1^0 range; the 'mA ≥ 500 GeV' label refers to the heavy Higgs mass, not the light one. And at the δ_- values required by the K → π and Υ bounds (δ_- v/x ~ 0.5-2 at mA_1^0 = 10 MeV), CA is small enough that Δm_d doesn't bite. Still, Section 4.2's statement that constraints appear 'for larger values of |δ_- v/x|' is loose: CA has a δ_- independent piece (the λ term in Eq. 9), so the constraint doesn't vanish as δ_- → 0. The text should say this more clearly. Smaller things: the B → K missing-energy bound is shaded as excluded in Figure 2 but called 'disfavored' in the text — minor inconsistency. The allowed points in the 2mμ to 2mτ window sit at the GIM boundary set by ε, which is a scan artifact. And the matching contributions to C7,8 from neutral Higgs loops are left for future work, so the RG mixing analysis is an estimate, not a full calculation. Who should read it: anyone working on NMSSM flavor or light pseudoscalar searches. The amplitude and the qualitative MSSM-vs-NMSSM differences are worth citing. The exclusion plot is useful but should be read with the priors in mind. I'd send it to referees — the calculation is checkable and the qualitative points are durable.
The strongest objection
The paper's Eq. (26) gives C_SRR1 = -(1/4pi^2) C_A^2 m_W^2/m_{A_1^0}^2. Since C_A (Eq. 9) is independent of m_{A_1^0}, this contribution grows without bound as m_{A_1^0} -> 0. The constraint f_d > -0.6 (Eq. 28) therefore becomes most restrictive precisely at small m_{A_1^0}. Yet Figure 2 displays the Delta m_d constraint only for m_A >= 500 GeV and m_A >= 1000 GeV, and Section 4.2 says 'We find constraints for larger values of |delta_- v/x| and m_A >= 500 GeV.' The O(10) MeV region sits at small |delta_- v/x| and small m_{A_1^0}; the paper does not show whether the 1/m_{A_1^0}^2 growth of Eq. (26) is compensated by a sufficiently small C_A there. If it is not, the O(10) MeV window is excluded by Delta m_d, not allowed. This is a specific, checkable gap in the scan, distinct from the reader's lifetime concern.
The paper's qualitative MSSM-vs-NMSSM differences (RG mixing to dipoles, breakdown of the Bs -> mu+mu- / Delta m_s correlation) are durable and argued cleanly. The O(10) MeV claim is a scan result, and the reader correctly notes the scan priors and soft exclusions. My concern adds a specific quantitative gap: the 1/m_{A_1^0}^2 growth of the light-A_1^0 Delta m_d contribution is not displayed for small m_{A_1^0}. This is checkable and would settle whether the O(10) MeV window survives. The reader's lifetime concern is related but distinct; both point to the same conclusion that the O(10) MeV number should be read as 'not excluded by this scan' rather than established. The verdict remains CONDITIONAL.
The referee's report
The paper is a careful, comprehensive phenomenology study. The one-loop matching calculation is standard and the loop functions are given explicitly in Appendix B, so the amplitude is checkable. The identification of b → s τ+τ− as a discovery channel and the demonstration that the MSSM B_s → μ+μ− / Δm_s correlation is not a generic SUSY prediction are genuine, useful results. The paper is a solid contribution to the NMSSM phenomenology literature.
Pith's reading of the paper (a machine's summary, not the authors')
Supersymmetry's minimal version ties the CP-odd Higgs mass to the electroweak scale, but the next-to-minimal version adds a gauge-singlet superfield whose Higgs potential carries an approximate global $U(1)_R$ symmetry, broken only by small trilinear soft terms, so one pseudoscalar $A_1^0$ can naturally sit far below the weak scale. Hiller asks whether existing $b$-physics data already exclude such a state. She computes the one-loop $b$ to $s A_1^0$ amplitude at leading order in $1/|1 - 2kx/A_1^0|$... more precisely at leading order in $1/|1 - 2kx/A_1^0|$
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We investigate the low energy phenomenology of the lighter pseudoscalar A10 in the NMSSM. The A10 mass can naturally be small due to a global U(1)R symmetry of the Higgs potential, which is only broken by trilinear soft terms. The A10 mass is further protected from renormalization group effects in the large tanβ limit. We calculate the b → sA10 amplitude at leading order in tanβ and work out the contributions to rare K, B and radiative Υ-decays and B−B̄ mixing. We obtain constraints on the A10 mass and couplings and show that masses down to 𝒪(10) MeV are allowed. The b-physics phenomenology of the NMSSM differs from the MSSM in the appearance of sizeable renormalization effects from neutral Higgses to the photon and gluon dipole operators and the breakdown of the MSSM correlation between the Bs → μ+μ− branching ratio and Bs−B̄s mixing. For A10 masses above the tau threshold the A10 can be searched for in b → sτ+τ− processes with branching ratios $\lsim 10^{-3}$.
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“We obtain constraints on the $A_1^0$ mass and couplings and show that masses down to ${\cal{O}}(10)$ MeV are allowed.”
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| We investigate the low energy phenomenology of the lighter pseudoscalar $A_1^0$ in the NMSSM. | contribution 0.97 | 0.89 | 0.04 | asserted 0.66 |
| The $A_1^0$ mass can naturally be small due to a global $U(1)_R$ symmetry of the Higgs potential, which is only broken by trilinear soft terms. | background 0.80 | 0.22 | 0.04 | asserted 0.51 |
| The $A_1^0$ mass is further protected from renormalization group effects in the large $\tan \beta$ limit. | background 0.67 | 0.25 | 0.04 | asserted 1.00 |
| We calculate the $b \to s A_1^0$ amplitude at leading order in $\tan \beta$ and work out the contributions to rare $K$, $B$ and radiative $\Upsilon$-decays and $B -\bar B$ mixing. | contribution 0.59 | 0.95 | 0.07 | asserted 0.98 |
| We obtain constraints on the $A_1^0$ mass and couplings and show that masses down to ${\cal{O}}(10)$ MeV are allowed. | result 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.42 | asserted 1.00 |
| The $b$-physics phenomenology of the NMSSM differs from the MSSM in the appearance of sizeable renormalization effects from neutral Higgses to the photon and gluon dipole operators and the breakdown of the MSSM correlation between the $B_s \to \mu^+ \mu^-$ branching ratio and $B_s - \bar B_s$ mixing. | result 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.30 | asserted 1.00 |
| For $A_1^0$ masses above the tau threshold the $A_1^0$ can be searched for in $b \to s \tau^+ \tau^-$ processes with branching ratios $\lsim 10^{-3}$. | result 0.51 | 0.59 | 0.11 | hedged possibility 0.85 |
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Here we consider not only the chargino-mediated diagrams of Refs. [ref] , but also the gluino- and neutralino-mediated diagrams discussed in Ref. [ref] .
Rare Decays with a Light CP-Odd Higgs Boson in the NMSSM · Introduction · 0.97
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To this effect we start with the specific model considered by Hiller [ref] and modify it accordingly.
Sigma to p mu+ mu-: Standard Model or New Particle? · Is there a candidate for $P^0$? · 0.97
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The corresponding MSSM contributions can be found in [ref] and have been generalized to the NMSSM in [ref] .
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In Ref. [ref] , we followed Ref. [ref] to consider only chargino-mediated one-loop diagrams in the large-$tanβ$ limit.
Rare Decays with a Light CP-Odd Higgs Boson in the NMSSM · The light $A_1^0$ in the NMSSM · 0.91
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As in [ref] – see also [ref] –, we replace the squared Higgs mass in the denominator by a Breit-Wigner function, so as to account for potentially light Higgs states.
Update of the flavour-physics constraints in the NMSSM · $BR[B^0_s(d)→μ^+μ^-]$ · 0.94
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Requiring the mass of the heavier pseudoscalar not to exceed 500 GeV, Ref. [ref] finds a lower bound $|l_d| 0.1$ for $tanβ=30$.
Rare Decays with a Light CP-Odd Higgs Boson in the NMSSM · The light $A_1^0$ in the NMSSM · 0.93
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The quantity $C_A$ has been calculated in Ref. [ref] in the large $tanβ$ regime, $C_A ∼C_Aff tanβ m_b m_t$ for order one stop mixing and EW scale sparticles.
Constraints on a very light CP-odd Higgs of the NMSSM and other axion-like particles · Rare B–decays $B →K + invisible$ · 0.80
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The branching fraction for radiative $Υ$ decays is [ref]
Discovering the Higgs with Low Mass Muon Pairs · Light $a^0$ Modifications to Higgs Phenomenology · 0.85
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Our results for the various branching ratios in the case of Yukawa-like couplings – and the total width of the pseudoscalar – are shown in Fig. [ref].[These results are in agreement with [ref] , but disagree with the branching ratios presented in [ref] , where it has been neglected that the decay $A →g g$ is kinematically forbidden for $m_A <2 m_π$ and that the decay of $A$ into two pseudoscalar mesons violates $CP$.] We provide details of our calculations of these quantities in Appendix [ref], being careful to provide a self-consistent estimation of the hadronic decay width.
A taste of dark matter: Flavour constraints on pseudoscalar mediators · Pseudoscalar decays · 0.84
Cites it as background 8 papers
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Some constraints have been studied in Refs. [ref] in the framework of the NMSSM, and in Refs. [ref] for 2 Higgs Doublet Models (see also [ref] ).
Constraints on a very light CP-odd Higgs of the NMSSM and other axion-like particles · Constraints on a light CP–odd Higgs · 0.97
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Additionally, studies on dark sector phenomena, such as DM relic density and direct detection (DD) constraints, provide valuable insights into the mediator's connection with DM and its interaction strength with the SM [ref] .
Flavour and Electroweak Precision Constraints on a Simplified Dark Matter Model with a Light Spin-0 Mediator · Introduction · 0.85
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There is already an extensive literature covering this subject in MSSM [ref] as well as several focused studies for NMSSM and its variations [ref] .
Distinguishing between MSSM and NMSSM through $\Delta F=2$ processes · General framework for Double Penguin effects in NMSSM · 0.97
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