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W. Hollik

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One-loop MSSM Contribution to the Weak Magnetic Dipole Moments of Heavy Fermions

The MSSM predictions at the one-loop level for the weak-magnetic dipole moments of the $τ$ lepton and the $b$ quark are analysed. The entire supersymmetric parameter space is scannedwith the usual GUT constraint and common squark and slepton mass parameters. The real part of $a^W_τ$ is dominated by the chargino contribution, being the same order as the SM one or even larger in the high $\tanβ$ region whereas the imaginary part, due to Higgs boson diagrams, is negligible comparedto the SM value. The real part of$a^W_b$ is controlled mainly by charginos andalso by gluinos, when the mixing in the bottom squark sector is large, to yield, for high $\tanβ$, a contribution one order of magnitude largerthan the pure electroweak SM value but a factor five smaller than the standard QCD contribution. The imaginary part of $a^W_b$ is the same order as in the SM.

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Electroweak Working Group Report

The report summarizes the results of the activities of the Working Group on Precision Calculations for the Z Resonance at CERN during 1994.

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Electroweak interactions: a theoretical overview

This talk summarizes topical theoretical work for tests of the electroweak standard model and of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM). The status of the standard model and the MSSM is discussed in view of recent precision data. A brief theoretical summary of the Working Group on Electroweak Interactions is included.

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Top Pair Production at Hadron Colliders in non-minimal Standard Models

The cross section of top pair production in hadronic collisions to O(alpha α_s^2) is calculated within the General 2-Higgs-Doublet Model and the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. At the parton level the O(alpha) one-loop corrections to the main production mechanisms, quark-antiquark annihilation and gluon fusion, significantly modify the Born-cross sections: in the threshold region \sqrt{\hat s}>~2 m_t they are enhanced up to 50 % and with increasing cm energy \sqrt{\hat s}, they can be reduced by up to the same order of magnitude. In a wide range of the parameter space of the models under consideration the observable hadronic cross sections for top pair production at the Tevatron and at the LHC are typically reduced by several percent (<~10 %) compared to the lowest order result. In special regions of the parameter space, that is in the vicinity of the threshold for the top quark decay t \to b H^+ ; \tilde t \tilde χ^0, the radiative corrections are considerably enhanced, comparable in size to QCD effects.

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Precision observables in SU(2) x U(1) models with an additional Higgs triplet

Electroweak precision observables are calculated at complete 1-loop order in the extension of the standard model by an extra Higgs triplet, where the $ρ$-parameter can be different from unity already at the tree level. One additional data point is required for fixing the input parameters. In the on-shell renormalization scheme the leptonic mixing angle $\sin^2θ_e$ at the $Z$ peak is chosen, together with the conventional input $α, M_Z, G_μ, m_t$. The calculated observables depend on the mass of the doublet Higgs boson $H^0$ and on the masses of the extra non-standard Higgs bosons as free parameters. The predictions of the standard model and the triplet model coincide for all observables in the experimental range of the top mass $m_t=175\pm 6$ GeV. In the triplet model, all observables which show a dependence on the doublet Higgs mass $M_{H^0}$ are consistent with a low value of $M_{H^0}$.

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Radiative corrections in the MSSM Higgs sector

1-loop diagrammatic calculations of cross sections and decay widths of neutral Higgs bosons in the minimal supersymmetric standard model are reviewed and compared with compact expressions in the effective potential approximation.

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SUSY Higgs Boson Decays into Scalar Quarks: QCD Corrections

In supersymmetric theories, the decays of the neutral CP-even and CP-odd as well as the charged Higgs bosons into scalar quarks, in particular into top and bottom squarks, can be dominant if they are kinematically allowed. We calculate the QCD corrections to these decay modes in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model, including all quark mass terms and squark mixing. These corrections turn out to be rather large, altering the decay widths by an amount which can be larger than 50%. The corrections can be either positive or negative, and depend strongly on the mass of the gluino. We also discuss the QCD corrections to the decays of heavy scalar quarks into light scalar quarks and Higgs bosons.

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The coupling of the lightest SUSY Higgs boson to two photons in the decoupling regime

We analyze the contribution of the SUSY particles to the coupling of the lightest Higgs boson to two photons in supersymmetric theories. We discuss to what extent these contributions can be large enough to allow for a discrimination between the lightest SUSY and the standard Higgs particles in the decoupling limit where all other Higgs bosons are very heavy and no supersymmetric particle has been discovered at future colliders. We find that only chargino and top squark loops can generate a sizeable difference between the standard and the SUSY Higgs-photon couplings. For masses above 250 GeV, the effect of chargino loops on the two-photon width is however smaller than $\sim 10%$ in the entire SUSY parameter space. Top squarks heavier than 250 GeV can induce deviations larger than 10% only if their couplings to the Higgs boson are large. Since top squark contributions can be sizeable, we derive the two-loop QCD correction to squark loops and show that they are well under control.

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Supersymmetric contributions to electroweak precision observables: QCD corrections

We calculate the two-loop QCD correction to the scalar quark contributions to the electroweak gauge-boson self-energies at zero momentum-transfer in the supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model. We then derive the $O(α_s)$ correction to the contribution of the scalar top and bottom quark loops to the rho parameter, which is the most sizable supersymmetric contribution to the electroweak mixing angle and the W-boson mass. The two-loop corrections modify the one-loop contribution by up to 30%; the gluino decouples for large masses. Contrary to the SM case where the QCD corrections are negative and screen the one-loop value, the corresponding corrections in the supersymmetric case are in general positive, increasing the sensitivity in the search for scalar quarks through their virtual effects in high-precision electroweak observables.

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Associated Production of Higgs Bosons and a Photon in High-Energy $e^+ e^-$ Collisions

We calculate the cross sections for the production of Higgs particles in association with a photon in $e^+ e^-$ collisions, $e^+ e^- \to γ+$Higgs, allowing for the longitudinal polarization of the initial electron and positron beams. We consider the associated production of both the Standard Model Higgs boson, and the neutral CP-even and CP-odd Higgs particles of its minimal supersymmetric extension. Complete and compact analytical expressions are given, and the size of the cross sections is illustrated for energies which will be reached at future $e^+ e^-$ colliders.

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QCD Corrections to Scalar Quark Decays

In supersymmetric theories, the main decay modes of scalar quarks are decays into quarks plus charginos or neutralinos, if the gluinos are heavy enough. We calculate the O($α_s$) QCD corrections to these decay modes in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model. In the case of scalar top and bottom quarks, where mixing effects can be important, these corrections can reach values of the order of a few ten percent. They can be either positive or negative and increase logarithmically with the gluino mass. For the scalar partners of light quarks, the corrections do not exceed in general the level of ten percent for gluino masses less than 1 TeV.

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Global Fits of the SM and MSSM to Electroweak Precision Data

A program including all radiative corrections to the MSSM at the same level as the radiative corrections to the SM has been developed and used to perform global fits to all electroweak data from LEP, SLC and the Tevatron and the radiative b->sgamma decay from CLEO. Values of the strong coupling constant at the $M_Z$ scale and $\sin^2θ_{\overline{MS}}$ are derived, both in the SM and MSSM. Recent updates on electroweak data, which have been presented at the Warsaw Conference in summer 1996, reduce the R_b anomaly from a 3.2 sigma to a 1.8 sigma effect. In addition, the $b \to sγ$ decay is 30% below the SM prediction. In the MSSM light stops and light charginos increase $R_b$ and decrease the $b \to sγ$ rate, so both observations can be brought into agreement with the MSSM for the same region of parameter space. However, the resulting $χ^2$ value for the MSSM fits is only marginally lower and in addition, the splitting in the stop sector has to be unnaturally high.

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Review of Electroweak Theory

This talk summarizes the status of the standard model predictions for electroweak precision observables including g-2 for muons, and discusses the status of the standard model and the MSSM in view of the new data.

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Higgs mass prediction

In this talk the Higgs boson effects in electroweak precision observables are reviewed and the possibility of indirect information on the Higgs mass from electroweak radiative corrections and precision data is discussed.

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Global Fits of the SM and MSSM to Electroweak Precision Data

The Minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model (MSSM) with light stops, charginos or pseudoscalar Higgs bosons has been suggested as an explanation of the too high value of the branching ratio of the Z0 boson into b quarks (Rb anomaly). A program including all radiative corrections to the MSSM at the same level as the radiative corrections to the SM has been developed and used to perform global fits to all electroweak data from LEP, SLC and the Tevatron. The probability of the global fit improves from 8% in the SM to 18% in the MSSM. Including the b->s gamma rate, as measured by CLEO, reduces the probability from 18% to 15%. In the constrained MSSM requiring unification and electroweak symmetry breaking no improvement of Rb is possible.

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QCD Corrections to the Top Decay Mode $t \ra \tilde{t} χ^0$

In supersymmetric theories, the top quark can decay into its scalar partner plus a neutralino, with an appreciable rate. We calculate the $O(α_s)$ QCD corrections to this decay mode in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model. These corrections can be either positive or negative and increase logarithmically with the gluino mass. For gluino masses below 1 TeV, they are at most of the order of ten percent and therefore, well under control.

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Signals from supersymmetry in electroweak precision data?

The predictions of the \sm and the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) for the electroweak precision parameters are discussed in the light of the recent precision data. The results from global fits yield lower $χ^2$ values in the MSSM than in the Standard model. The fits prefer regions in the MSSM parameter space with $M_2 \simeq |μ| $ and allow chargino masses higher than the present exclusion limits of LEP 1.5.

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