Simplified description of the MSSM Higgs sector

Abstract

In the Minimal Supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model or MSSM, the lighter Higgs boson has a rather large mass, $M_h\approx 125$ GeV. Together with the non-observation of superpartners at the LHC, this suggests that the SUSY-breaking scale is rather high, $M_S>1$ TeV. This implies a dramatic simplification of the MSSM Higgs sector that is summarised here.

4 pages, 2 figures. Presented at the XLIXth Rencontres de Moriond, EW interactions and unified theories, March 15-22 2014, La Thuile, Italy. To appear in the proceedings