7 papers
Supersymmetry Structure and Phenomena
Nir Polonsky
A fairly non-technical introduction to and survey of supersymmetry phenomenology with pedagogical emphasis, including exercises. Suitable for both theorists and experimentalists. T…
The -Parameter of Supersymmetry
Nir Polonsky
The Higgsino mass, or equivalently the -parameter, plays an essential role in determining the phenomenology of any supersymmetric model. Particularly, the size of the supersymme…
Supergravity Miracles: Phenomenology with Gravitational Divergences
Nir Polonsky
The properties of singlet fields in supergravity background are discussed. Particularly, it is shown that the contributions to their one-point function lead to n…
Fermion Masses without Yukawa Couplings
Francesca Borzumati, Glennys Farrar, Nir Polonsky +1
Radiatively generated fermion masses without tree level Yukawa couplings are re-analyzed within supersymmetric models. Special emphasis is given to the possible appearance of color…
Unification and low-energy supersymmetry at one and two-loop orders
Nir Polonsky
The status of coupling constant unification -- assuming the validity of the standard model or of its minimal supersymmetric extension at high energies -- and of relations between v…
An Upper Bound on the Higgs Boson Mass from Yukawa Unification and a Comment on Vacuum Stability Constraints
Nir Polonsky
Only small regions in the plane are allowed when considering simultaneously (assuming the MSSM) coupling constant unification and (minimal) GUT relations among Yuka…