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Motivated by the recent LHC hints of a Higgs boson around 125 GeV, we assume a SM-like Higgs with the mass 123-127 GeV and study its implication in low energy SUSY by comparing the MSSM and NMSSM. We consider various experimental constraints at 2σ level (including the muon g − 2 and the dark matter relic density) and perform a comprehensive scan over the parameter space of each model. Then in the parameter space which is allowed by current experimental constraints and also predicts a SM-like Higgs in 123-127 GeV, we examine the properties of the sensitive parameters (like the top squark mass and the trilinear coupling A t ) and calculate the rates of the di-photon signal and the V V * (V = W, Z) signals at the LHC. Our typical findings are: (i) In the MSSM the top squark and A t must be large and thus incur some fine-tuning, which can be much ameliorated in the NMSSM; (ii) In the MSSM a light stau is needed to enhance the di- photon rate of the SM-like Higgs to exceed its SM prediction, while in the NMSSM the di-photon rate can be readily enhanced in several ways; (iii) In the MSSM the signal rates of pp → h → V V * at the LHC are never enhanced compared with their SM predictions, while in the NMSSM they may get enhanced significantly; (iv) A large part of the parameter space so far survived will be soon covered by the expected XENON100(2012) sensitivity (especially for the NMSSM).
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Cao, J., Heng, Z., Yang, J.M. et al. A SM-like Higgs near 125 GeV in low energy SUSY: a comparative study for MSSM and NMSSM. J. High Energ. Phys. 2012, 86 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2012)086
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