Higgs and Supersymmetry
Abstract
Global frequentist fits to the CMSSM and NUHM1 using the MasterCode framework predicted mh 119 GeV in fits incorporating the gmu-2 constraint and 126 GeV without it. Recent results by ATLAS and CMS could be compatible with a Standard Model-like Higgs boson around mh 125 GeV. We use the previous MasterCode analysis to calculate the likelihood for a measurement of any nominal Higgs mass within the range of 115 to 130 GeV. Assuming a Higgs mass measurement at mh 125 GeV, we display updated global likelihood contours in the (m0, m1/2) and other parameter planes of the CMSSM and NUHM1, and present updated likelihood functions for mgluino, msquark, B to mu mu, and the spin-independent dark matter cross section σsi. The implications of dropping gmu-2 from the fits are also discussed. We furthermore comment on a hypothetical measurement of mh 119 GeV.
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