A lower limit on the neutralino mass in the MSSM with non-universal gaugino masses.pdf

a r X i v : h e p - p h / 0 2 1 2 2 2 7 v 1 1 6 D e c 2 0 0 2 A lower limit on the neutralino mass in the MSSM with non-universal gaugino masses. G. Be?langer1, F. Boudjema1, A. Pukhov2, S. Rosier-Lees3 1.LAPTH, Chemin de Bellevue, B.P. 110, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, Cedex, France. 2. Skobeltsyn Institue of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. 3.LAPP, Chemin de Bellevue, B.P. 110, F-74941 Annecy-le-Vieux, Cedex, France. Abstract We discuss constraints on SUSY models with non-unified gaugino masses. We concentrate on the slepton/gaugino sector and obtain a lower limit on the neutralino mass combining direct limits, indirect limits as well as relic density measurements. 1 Introduction In the framework of the mSUGRA model which contains a rather limited number of parameters, many detailed analysis on the constraints from various collider experiments, high precision lower energies measurements as well as from the point of view of dark matter have been performed [1]-[4]. However it is interesting to relax some of the assumptions that go into mSUGRA and strive for a more model independent approach [5]-[7]. The main limits on the MSSM parameters come from LEP and Tevatron direct searches for SUSY particles and for the Higgs as well as from the muon anomalous moment (g?2)μ, the b → sγ process and the relic density of the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP). The LEP limits, the (g ? 2)μ limit as well as, to a large extend, the relic density, affect mainly the gaugino and slepton sector. On the other hand, the Tevatron is more sensitive to the coloured sector while the Higgs mass lower limit severely restricts the low tan β region and is much dependent on the squark sector (especially mt? and At). The branching ratio for b → sγ also constrains the squark sector although it has some influence on the parameters of the gaugino/higgsino sector as it strongly favors μ 0. A model independent approach with a manageable number of free parameters is then p