Is SUSY Natural?

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dc.creatorDienes, Keith R.
dc.creatorLennek, Michael
dc.creatorSénéchal, David
dc.creatorWasnik, Vaibhav
dc.date2008-04-30
dc.date2008-07-01
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:50:24Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:50:24Z
dc.descriptionSpacetime supersymmetry is widely believed to play an important role in most fundamental theories of physics, and is usually invoked in order to address problems of naturalness. In this paper, we examine the question of whether supersymmetry itself is ``natural'' (i.e., likely to exist as a fundamental component of nature at high energy scales). Our approach to answering this question is based on a statistical examination of the heterotic string landscape, and our conclusion is that supersymmetry is an exceedingly rare phenomenon. We also find that the likelihood of supersymmetry appearing at the string scale is dependent on the gauge symmetries present at the string scale, with certain gauge groups strongly favoring the appearance of N=1 supersymmetry and others not. This article summarizes several recent papers, yet also contains some new results. In particular, one new result is that the heterotic landscape appears to favor either the non-supersymmetric Standard Model or an N=1 SUSY GUT gauge group at the string scale; by contrast, the opposite outcomes (namely the MSSM or a non-supersymmetric GUT) are significantly disfavored.
dc.description9 pages, LaTeX, 3 tables. Invited article to appear in the New Journal of Physics, Special Focus Issue "Particle Physics at the TeV Scale"
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0804.4718
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0804.4718
dc.identifierNewJ.Phys.10:085003,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1367-2630/10/8/085003
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/203549
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleIs SUSY Natural?
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