Quasi-Fixed Points and Charge and Colour Breaking in Low Scale Models

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13 October 1999

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Abstract

We show that the current LEP2 lower bound upon the MSSM lightest Higgs mass rules out quasi-fixed scenarios for string scales between 10^6 and 10^14 GeV for a central top quark mass. We consider the implications of the low string scale for charge and colour breaking (CCB) bounds in the MSSM, and demonstrate that CCB bounds from F and D-flat directions are significantly weakened. For scales less than 10^10 GeV these bounds become merely that degenerate scalar mass squareds are positive at the string scale.

Keywords

CHARGE AND COLOUR
COLOUR BREAKING
STRING SCALE
QUASI FIXED
MSSM
GEV
CCB

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Published version: Journal of High Energy Physics, 2000 (07), 037.

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