Gluino Decays in Split Supersymmetry.pdf

a r X i v : h e p - p h / 0 5 0 6 2 1 4 v 1 2 2 J u n 2 0 0 5 June 2005 CERN–TH/2005–106 IPPP/05/25 DCTP/05/50 DFTT–17/05 Gluino Decays in Split Supersymmetry P. Gambino a, G.F. Giudice b, P. Slavich c a INFN, Torino Dip. Fisica Teorica, Univ. di Torino, I–10125 Torino, Italy b CERN, Theory Division, CH–1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland c Durham University, IPPP, DH1–3LE Durham, United Kingdom Abstract We compute the gluino lifetime and branching ratios in Split Supersymmetry. Using an effective–theory approach, we resum the large logarithmic corrections controlled by the strong gauge coupling and the top Yukawa coupling. We find that the resummation of the radiative corrections has a sizeable numerical impact on the gluino decay width and branching ratios. Finally, we discuss the gluino decays into gravitino, relevant in models with direct mediation of supersymmetry breaking. 1 Introduction The long gluino lifetime is a trademark of Split Supersymmetry [1, 2, 3]. The experimental discovery of a slowly–decaying gluino [4] would not only be a strong indication for Split Supersymmetry, but it would also allow for a measurement of the effective supersymmetry– breaking scale m?, which cannot be directly extracted from particle dynamics at the LHC. Moreover, the gluino lifetime is a crucial parameter to determine the cosmological constraints on the theory [1, 5]. Therefore, for both experimental and theoretical considerations, it is very important to have a precise prediction of the gluino lifetime and branching ratios. For what concerns the gluino decay processes in the MSSM, tree–level results for the decays into chargino or neutralino and two quarks and one–loop results for the radiative decay into neutralino and gluon can be found in the literature [6]. In Split Supersymmetry, however, the quantum corrections to the gluino decay processes can be very significant, because they are enhanced by the potentially large logarithm of the ratio between the gluino mass mg? and