The upper bound on the lightest Higgs mass in the NMSSM revisited

Ulrich Ellwanger (1) , Cyril Hugonie (2)

1 LPT - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique d'Orsay [Orsay]
2 LPTA - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Astroparticules

We update the upper bound on the lightest CP even Higgs mass in the NMSSM, which is given as a function of tan(beta). For m_top=178 GeV, squark masses of 1 TeV and maximal mixing it is assumed near tan(beta) 2.1 and close to 140 GeV.

Mots clés: Supersymmetry; Higgs mass; NMSSM

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Phénoménologie [hep-ph]

Ulrich Ellwanger, Cyril Hugonie. The upper bound on the lightest Higgs mass in the NMSSM revisited. Modern Physics Letters A, 2007, 22 (21), pp.1581 - 1590. ⟨10.1142/S0217732307023870⟩. ⟨hal-00123552⟩