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2005 International Linear Collider Workshop - Stanford, U.S.A. FERMILAB-CONF-05-363-E-T Analysis of Stops With Small Stop-Neutralino Mass Difference at a LC ´ C. Milstene, M. Carena, A. Freitas Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510-500, USA A. Finch, A. Sopczak Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom H. Nowak Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, D–15738 Zeuthen, Germany 5 0 0 A compelling framework to explain dark matter and electroweak baryogenesis is supersymmetry with light scalar 2 top quarks (stops) and a small mass difference between the stop and the lightest neutralino. In this work, the stop g detection capability at the ILC for small mass differences between the stop and the neutralino is studied. The analysis u is based on a fast and realistic detector simulation. Significant sensitivity for mass differences down to 5 GeV is A obtained. It is discussed how the relevant parameters of the scalar tops can be extracted and used to compute the dark matter density in the universe. 2 1 1 1. INTRODUCTION v 4 5 The origin and stabilization of electroweak symmetry, the nature of dark matter and the generation of the baryon 1 8 asymmetry (baryogenesis) in the universe suggest the existence of new symmetries within the reach of next generation 0 colliders. A particular attractive extension of the Standard Model that addresses all these issues is supersymmetry 5 with TeV-scale supersymmetry breaking. 0 / A long history of experimental observations has corroborated the evidence for dark matter in the