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(De)constructing a natural and flavorful supersymmetric Standard Model

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Using the framework of deconstruction, we construct simple, weakly-coupled supersymmetric models that explain the Standard Model flavor hierarchy and produce a flavorful soft spectrum compatible with precision limits. Electroweak symmetry breaking is fully natural; the μ-term is dynamically generated with no Bμ-problem and the Higgs mass is easily raised above LEP limits without reliance on large radiative corrections. These models possess the distinctive spectrum of superpartners characteristic of “effective supersymmetry”: the third generation superpartners tend to be light, while the rest of the scalars are heavy.

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    Nathaniel Craig & Daniel Green

  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, U.S.A.

    Nathaniel Craig

  3. Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, U.S.A.

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Craig, N., Green, D. & Katz, A. (De)constructing a natural and flavorful supersymmetric Standard Model. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 45 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2011)045

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