Light stop decays into Wbχ˜10 near the kinematic threshold
We investigate the decays of the light stop in scenarios with the lightest neutralino χ˜10 being the lightest supersymmetric particle, including flavour-violating (FV) effects. We analyse the region where the three-body decay t˜1→Wbχ˜10 is kinematically allowed and provide a proper description of th...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-07-01
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| Series: | Physics Letters B |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269315003974 |
| Summary: | We investigate the decays of the light stop in scenarios with the lightest neutralino χ˜10 being the lightest supersymmetric particle, including flavour-violating (FV) effects. We analyse the region where the three-body decay t˜1→Wbχ˜10 is kinematically allowed and provide a proper description of the transition region between the three-body decay and the four-body decay t˜1→χ˜10bff¯′. The improved treatment has been implemented in the Fortran package SUSY-HIT and is used for the analysis of this region. A scan over the parameter range including all relevant experimental constraints reveals that the FV two-body decay into charm and χ˜10 can be as important as the three-, respectively, four-body decays if not dominant and therefore should be taken into account in order to complete the experimental searches for the light stop. |
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| ISSN: | 0370-2693 1873-2445 |