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A complete model of low-scale gauge mediation

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Recent signs of a Standard Model-like Higgs at 125 GeV point towards large A-terms in the MSSM. This presents special challenges for gauge mediation, which by itself predicts vanishing A-terms at the messenger scale. In this paper, we review the general problems that arise when extending gauge mediation to achieve large A-terms, and the mechanisms that exist to overcome them. Using these mechanisms, we construct weakly-coupled models of low-scale gauge mediation with extended Higgs-messenger couplings that generate large A-terms at the messenger scale and viable μ/B μ -terms. Our models are simple, economical, and complete realizations of supersymmetry at the weak scale.

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    Nathaniel Craig, Simon Knapen, David Shih & Yue Zhao

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Craig, N., Knapen, S., Shih, D. et al. A complete model of low-scale gauge mediation. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 154 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2013)154

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