24–28 Aug 2026
Leiden University
Europe/Zurich timezone

Higgs mass and wino dark matter in Starobinsky supergravity coupled to the MSSM

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15m
Gorlaeus gebouw (Leiden University)

Gorlaeus gebouw

Leiden University

Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden
Poster

Speaker

Daniel Frolovsky (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University,)

Description

A framework connecting Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observables with high-energy particle phenomenology is proposed, which is based on Starobinsky supergravity coupled to the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). In this approach, the amplitude of primordial perturbations during inflation fixes the vacuum expectation values (VEVs) of scalar fields in the hidden sector arising from the Starobinsky supergravity rewritten to Einstein frame. These VEVs trigger spontaneous supersymmetry breaking and set the soft masses in the MSSM. The three-loop renormalization group (RG) running is performed between the inflationary scale of $\mathcal{O}(10^{13})$ GeV and the electroweak scale of $\mathcal{O}(10^2)$ GeV. The RG evolution  demonstrates consistency  with the measured Higgs mass and current particle data. The framework is highly constrained and, in its simplest version, has no free parameters. Our approach allows wino of mass $\approx 3$ TeV as the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP). This wino LSP is a viable thermal dark matter candidate that can be decisively probed at future colliders via its characteristic disappearing track signature.

Author

Daniel Frolovsky (Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University,)

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