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Why is the lightest Higgs not a free parameter in SUSY?
In the Standard Model, the Higgs mass doesn't really have any theoretical constraints. It could have basically any value and nothing 'breaks'.
However, in MSSM models, we often see the tree level ...
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125 Higgs is large (or small) for the MSSM?
As far I as I know, and from Naturalness considerations, a 125 GeV Higgs mass is rather large for the MSSM. This is because in the MSSM $$m_h^2 \lesssim M_z^2 \cos^22\beta + \Delta$$
Where $\Delta$ ...
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Status of the little hierarchy problem
What is the current thinking on the little hierarchy problem in light of a potential Higgs mass above 120 GeV? A few years ago, at least, I remember various phenomenologists saying that this at least ...
