The scale-invariant Next to Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model after the 125 GeV scalar discovery

by Dr Roberto Franceschini (University of Maryland)

Thursday 17 Jan 2013, 14:30 → 15:30 Europe/Rome

G (primo piano) (Roma Tre)

After a brief introduction about the issues of the electroweak symmetry breaking and the hierarchy problem of the weak scale in the Standard Model, I will present supersymmetry at the TeV scale as a possible solution to these problems. In particular, I will present and motivate the Next to Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. In this context I will present results on the impact of the LHC discovery of a boson at about 125 GeV. In doing this, I will insist on the naturalness of the parameter choice both to explain the weak scale and the new boson mass. I will discuss the several possible ways to accommodate the recent LHC observation in the model and the observable consequences expected for each of these solutions.