Abstract
In this work we study the collider phenomenology of color-octet scalars (sgluons) in supersymmetric models with Dirac gaugino masses that feature an explicitly broken R symmetry (R-broken models). We construct such models by augmenting minimal R-symmetric models with a fairly general set of supersymmetric and softly supersymmetry-breaking operators that explicitly break R symmetry. We then compute the rates of all significant two-body decays and highlight new features that appear as a result of R symmetry breaking, including enhancements to extant decay rates, novel tree- and loop-level decays, and improved cross sections of single sgluon production. We demonstrate in some detail how the familiar results from minimal R-symmetric models can be obtained by restoring R symmetry. In parallel to this discussion, we explore constraints on these models from the Large Hadron Collider. We find that, in general, R symmetry breaking quantitatively affects existing limits on color-octet scalars, perhaps closing loopholes for light CP-odd (pseudoscalar) sgluons while opening one for a light CP-even (scalar) particle. Qualitatively, however, we find that — much as for minimal R-symmetric models, despite stark differences in phenomenology — scenarios with broken R symmetry and two sgluons below the TeV scale can be accommodated by existing searches.
Highlights
Supersymmetry (SUSY) remains the leading candidate for beyond-Standard Model physics, as it makes it possible to stabilize the weak hierarchy, offers viable dark matter candidates, and can accommodate gauge coupling unification [1, 2]
In this work we have studied the color-octet scalars in models constructed by augmenting minimal R-symmetric models with R symmetry-breaking operators in both the superpotential and the softly supersymmetry-breaking sector
We have significantly extended the existing catalog of color-octet scalar decays in models with Dirac gaugino masses, both carefully demonstrating how familiar decays are altered by R symmetry breaking and identifying novel decays and calculating their rates
Summary
Supersymmetry (SUSY) remains the leading candidate for beyond-Standard Model (bSM) physics, as it makes it possible to stabilize the weak hierarchy, offers viable dark matter candidates, and can accommodate gauge coupling unification [1, 2]. While the most reasonable size of R symmetry remains an open question, with some phenomenological studies allowing it to be quite large as measured by the Majorana-Dirac mass ratio [59], there exist high-energy theories featuring both gauge [27, 73] and gravity [32] mediation that predict R symmetry-breaking Majorana masses suppressed by the Planck scale With all of this motivation in mind, we investigate the phenomenology of the adjoint scalar fields — the sgluons — in the presence of small but measurable R symmetry breaking due to a fairly general set of superpotential and softly supersymmetry-breaking operators involving adjoint superfields.
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