Theory Group Seminar, 17 January 2012
Dr. Nathaniel Craig, Rutgers University and IAS
A natural theory of natural supersymmetry
abstract
The first year of LHC data has placed stringent constraints on weak-scale supersymmetry and provided +hints for a Higgs boson around 125 GeV. In light of these results, supersymmetry may remain a viable +explanation for the hierarchy problem if the third generation of superpartners is significantly +lighter than the others and there are additional contributions to the Higgs quartic beyond those found +in the MSSM. Using the framework of deconstruction, we present simple, unified models that naturally +realize these features, resolve various supersymmetric tuning problems, and predict new states that +may accessible at the LHC.