Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model

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The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) is an extension to the Standard Model that realizes supersymmetry. MSSM is the minimal supersymmetrical model as it considers only "the [minimum] number of new particle states and new interactions consistent with "Reality".[1] Supersymmetry pairs bosons with fermions, so every Standard Model particle has a (yet undiscovered) superpartner. If discovered, such superparticles could be candidates for dark matter,[2] and could provide evidence for grand unification or the viability of string theory. The failure to find evidence for MSSM using the Large Hadron Collider[3][4] has strengthened an inclination to abandon it.[5]

  1. ^ Howard Baer; Xerxes Tata (2006). "8 – The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model". Weak Scale Supersymmetry From Superfields to Scattering Events. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780511617270. It is minimal in the sense that it contains the smallest number of new particle states and new interactions consistent with phenomenology.
  2. ^ Murayama, Hitoshi (2000). "Supersymmetry phenomenology". Particle Physics: 296. arXiv:hep-ph/0002232. Bibcode:2000paph.conf..296M.
  3. ^ "ATLAS Supersymmetry Public Results". ATLAS, CERN. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  4. ^ "CMS Supersymmetry Public Results". CMS, CERN. Retrieved 2014-03-25.
  5. ^ Wolchover, Natalie (November 29, 2012). "Supersymmetry Fails Test, Forcing Physics to Seek New Ideas". Scientific American.