https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-4885-7
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Improved determination of the Higgs mass in the MSSM with heavy superpartners
1
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), 22607, Hamburg, Germany
2
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34151, Trieste, Italy
3
SISSA International School for Advanced Studies and INFN Trieste, Via Bonomea 265, 34136, Trieste, Italy
4
LPTHE, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Sorbonne Universités, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris, France
5
LPTHE, CNRS, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris, France
* e-mail: slavich@lpthe.jussieu.fr
Received:
7
April
2017
Accepted:
5
May
2017
Published online:
20
May
2017
We present several advances in the effective field theory calculation of the Higgs mass in MSSM scenarios with heavy superparticles. In particular, we compute the dominant two-loop threshold corrections to the quartic Higgs coupling for generic values of the relevant SUSY-breaking parameters, including all contributions controlled by the strong gauge coupling and by the third-family Yukawa couplings. We also study the effects of a representative subset of dimension-six operators in the effective theory valid below the SUSY scale. Our results will allow for an improved determination of the Higgs mass and of the associated theoretical uncertainty.
© The Author(s), 2017