The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model

Version 1.9.175
June 24, 2011

Jorge C. Romao1
1 Departamento

de Fsica, Instituto Superior Tecnico

A. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal

Abstract
We write down the mass matrices and couplings needed for Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) calculations. These include the mass matrices for
all the particles in the model, the charged and neutral current couplings of the spin
1
2 particles with the gauge bosons, and the couplings of the charged and neutral
scalars with the spin 12 particles. To fix our notation, we have also included the
couplings of the gauge bosons with themselves, although these are the same as in
the SM.

Contents
1 Introduction and Motivation

2 SUSY Algebra, Representations and Particle Content

2.1 SUSY Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2 Simple Results from the Algebra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.3 SUSY Representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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3 How to Build a SUSY Model

3.1 Kinetic Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.2 Self Interactions of the Gauge Multiplet . . . . .
3.3 Interactions of the Gauge and Matter Multiplets
3.4 Self Interactions of the Matter Multiplet . . . .
3.5 Supersymmetry Breaking Lagrangian . . . . . .
3.6 RParity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model

The Gauge Group and Particle Content . . . . . . . . . . .
Field Strengths and Covariant Derivatives . . . . . . . . .
The Superpotential and SUSY Breaking Lagrangian . . . .
Symmetry Breaking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model

5 Mass Matrices in the MSSM

5.1 The Chargino Mass Matrices .
5.2 The Neutralino Mass Matrices
5.3 Neutral Higgs Mass Matrices .
5.4 Charged Higgs Mass Matrices
5.5 Lepton Mass Matrices . . . .
5.6 Quark Mass Matrices . . . . .
5.7 Slepton Mass Matrices . . . .
5.8 Sneutrino Mass Matrices . . .
5.9 Squark Mass Matrices . . . .
6 Couplings in the MSSM
6.1 Gauge Self-Interactions . . .
6.1.1 V V V . . . . . . . . .
6.1.2 V V V V . . . . . . . .
6.2 Charged Current Couplings
6.3 Neutral Current Couplings .

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6.4

3-point gauge boson couplings to scalars . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6.4.1 Gauge boson couplings to sfermions (V ff) . . . . . . . .
6.4.2 Gauge boson couplings to Higgs (V HH) . . . . . . . . .
6.5 4-point gauge boson couplings to scalars . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.5.1 Gauge boson couplings to sfermions (V V ff) . . . . . . .
6.5.2 Gauge boson couplings to Higgs (V V HH) . . . . . . . .
6.6 Scalar couplings to fermions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.6.1 Charged scalars couplings to fermions . . . . . . . . . . .
6.6.2 Neutral scalars couplings to fermions . . . . . . . . . . .
6.6.3 Final formulas for the scalar couplings to fermions . . . .
6.6.4 Final formulas for the Higgs couplings to SUSY fermions
6.6.5 Final formulas for the Higgs couplings to SM fermions .
6.7 Trilinear scalar couplings with Higgs bosons . . . . . . . . . . .
6.7.1 Higgs Sfermion Sfermion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.8 Quartic scalar couplings with Higgs bosons . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.9 Quartic sfermion interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.10 Higgs couplings with the gauge bosons . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.10.1 Higgs Gauge Boson Gauge Boson . . . . . . . . . . .
6.10.2 Higgs Higgs Gauge Boson Gauge Boson . . . . . .
6.11 Higgs boson self interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.11.1 Higgs Higgs Higgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.11.2 Higgs Higgs Higgs Higgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.12 Ghost interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.12.1 Ghost Ghost Gauge Boson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6.12.2 Ghost Ghost Higgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A Changelog

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Introduction and Motivation

In recent years it has been established [1] with great precision (in some cases better than
0.1%) that the interactions of the gauge bosons with the fermions are described by the
Standard Model (SM) [2]. However other sectors of the SM have been tested to a much
lesser degree. In fact only now we are beginning to probe the selfinteractions of the
gauge bosons through their pair production at the Tevatron [3] and LEP [4] and the
Higgs sector, responsible for the symmetry breaking has not yet been tested.
Despite all its successes, the SM still has many unanswered questions. Among the various
candidates to Physics Beyond the Standard Model, supersymmetric theories play a special
role. Although there is not yet direct experimental evidence for supersymmetry (SUSY),
there are many theoretical arguments indicating that SUSY might be of relevance for
physics below the 1 TeV scale.
The most commonly invoked theoretical arguments for SUSY are:
i. Interrelates matter fields (leptons and quarks) with force fields (gauge and/or Higgs
bosons).
ii. As local SUSY implies gravity (supergravity)it could provide a way to unify gravity
with the other interactions.
iii. As SUSY and supergravity have fewer divergences than conventional filed theories,
the hope is that it could provide a consistent (finite) quantum gravity theory.
iv. SUSY can help to understand the mass problem, in particular solve the naturalness
problem ( and in some models even the hierarchy problem) if SUSY particles have
masses O(1TeV).
As it is the last argument that makes SUSY particularly attractive for the experiments
being done or proposed for the next decade, let us explain the idea in more detail. As
the SM is not asymptotically free, at some energy scale , the interactions must become
strong indicating the existence of new physics. Candidates for this scale are, for instance,
MX O(1016 GeV) in GUTs or more fundamentally the Planck scale MP O(1019 GeV).
This alone does not indicate that the new physics should be related to SUSY, but the so
called mass problem does. The only consistent way to give masses to the gauge bosons and
fermions is through the Higgs mechanism involving at least one spin zero Higgs boson.
Although the Higgs boson mass is not fixed by the theory, a value much bigger than
1/2
< H 0 > GF 250 GeV would imply that the Higgs sector would be strongly coupled
making it difficult to understand why we are seeing an apparently successful perturbation
theory at low energies. Now the one loop radiative corrections to the Higgs boson mass
would give

2
(1)
m2H = O
4
1

which would be too large if is identified with GU T or P lanck . SUSY cures this problem
in the following way. If SUSY were exact, radiative corrections to the scalar masses
squared would be absent because the contribution of fermion loops exactly cancels against
the boson loops. Therefore if SUSY is broken, as it must, we should have

m2H = O
|m2B m2F |
(2)
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We conclude that SUSY provides a solution for the the naturalness problem if the masses
of the superpartners are below O(1 TeV). This is the main reason behind all the phenomenological interest in SUSY.
In the following we will give a brief review of the main aspects of the SUSY extension of
the SM, the socalled Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). Almost all the
material is covered in many excellent reviews that exist in the literature [5, 6].

SUSY Algebra, Representations and Particle Content

2.1

SUSY Algebra

The SUSY generators obey the following algebra

{Q , Q } = 0


= 0
Q , Q

where


= 2 ( ) P
Q , Q
(1, i ) ;

(1 i )

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

and , , ,
= 1, 2 (Weyl 2component spinor notation). The commutation relations
with the generators of the Poincare group are
[P , Q ] = 0
[M , Q ] = i ( ) Q
From these relations one can easily derive that the two invariants of the Poincare group,
P 2 = P P
W 2 = W W
2

(7)

where W is the PauliLubanski vector operator

i
W = M P
2

(8)

are no longer invariants of the Super Poincare group. In fact

[Q , P 2 ] = 0
[Q , W 2 ] 6= 0

(9)

showing that the irreducible multiplets will have particles of the same mass but different
spin.

2.2

Simple Results from the Algebra

From the supersymmetric algebra one can derive two important results:
A. Number of Bosons = Number of Fermions
We have
Q |B >= |F >

Q |F >= |B >

(1)NF |B >= |B >

(1)NF |F >= |F >

(10)

where (1)NF is the fermion number of a given state. Then we obtain

Q (1)NF = (1)NF Q

(11)

Using this relation we can show that






T r (1)NF Q , Q
= T r (1)NF Q Q + (1)NF Q Q


= T r Q (1)NF Q + Q (1)NF Q
= 0

But using Eq. 5 we also have






T r (1)NF Q , Q = T r (1)NF 2 P

(12)

This in turn implies

T r(1)NF = #Bosons #Fermions = 0

showing that in a given representation the number of degrees of freedom of the
bosons equals those of the fermions.

B. h0|H|0i 0
From the algebra we get



Q1 , Q1 + Q2 , Q2
= 2T r ( ) P
= 4H

Then
H=
and

(13)

1
Q1 Q1 + Q2 Q2 + Q1 Q1 + Q2 Q2
4

h0|H|0i = ||Q1 |0i ||2 + ||Q1 |0i ||2 + ||Q1 |0i ||2 + ||Q2 |0i ||2
0

(14)

(15)

showing that the energy of the vacuum state is always positive definite.

2.3

SUSY Representations

We consider separately the massive and the massless case.

A. Massive case
In the rest frame


Q , Q = 2 m

(16)

This algebra is similar to the algebra of the spin 1/2 creation and annihilation
operators. Choose |i such that
Q1 |i = Q2 |i = 0

(17)

|i ; Q1 |i ; Q2 |i ; Q1 Q2 |i

(18)

Then we have 4 states

If J3 |i = j3 |i we show in Table 1 the values of J3 for the 4 states. We notice

State

J3 Eigenvalue

|i
Q1 |i
Q2 |i
Q1 Q2 |i

j3
j3 +
j3
j3

1
2
1
2

Table 1: Massive states

that there two bosons and two fermions and that the states are separated by one
half unit of spin.
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B. Massless case
If m = 0 then we can choose P = (E, 0, 0, E). In this frame


Q , Q = M

where the matrix M takes the form

M=
Then

0 0
0 4E



Q2 , Q2 = 4E

(19)

(20)

(21)

all others vanish. We have then just two states

|i ; Q2 |i

(22)

If J3 |i = |i we have the states shown in Table 2,

State

J3 Eigenvalue

|i
Q2 |i

1
2

Table 2: Massless states

How to Build a SUSY Model

To construct supersymmetric Lagrangians one normally uses superfield methods (see for
instance [5, 6]). Here we do not go into the details of that construction. We will take
a more pragmatic view and give the results in the form of a recipe. To simplify matters
even further we just consider one gauge group G. Then the gauge bosons Wa are in the
adjoint representation of G and are described by the massless gauge supermultiplet
V a (a , Wa )

(23)

where a are the superpartners of the gauge bosons, the socalled gauginos. We also
consider only one matter chiral superfield
i (Ai , i )

(i = 1, . . . , N)

(24)

belonging to some N dimensional representation of G. We will give the rules for the
different parts of the Lagrangian for these superfields. The generalization to the case
where we have more complicated gauge groups and more matter supermultiplets, like in
the MSSM, is straightforward.
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Kinetic Terms

Like in any gauge theory we have

a
F a +
Lkin = 41 F

i a
D a + (D A) D A + i D PL
2

(25)

a
where the field strength F
is given by
a
F
= Wa Wa gf abc Wb Wc

(26)

and f abc are the structure constants of the gauge group G. The covariant derivative is
D = + igWa T a

(27)

In Eq. 25 one should note that is left handed and that is a Majorana spinor.

3.2

Self Interactions of the Gauge Multiplet

For a non Abelian gauge group G we have the usual selfinteractions (cubic and quartic)
of the gauge bosons with themselves. These are well known and we do write them here
again. But we have a new interaction of the gauge bosons with the gauginos. In two
component spinor notation it reads [5, 6]
b

LW = igfabc a Wc + h.c.

(28)

where fabc are the structure constants of the gauge group G and the matrices were
introduced in Eq. 6.

3.3

Interactions of the Gauge and Matter Multiplets

In the usual non Abelian gauge theories we have the interactions of the gauge bosons
with the fermions and scalars of the theory. In the supersymmetric case we also have
interactions of the gauginos with the fermions and scalars of the chiral matter multiplet.
The general form, in two component spinor notation, is [5, 6],



LW = gTija Wa i j + iAi Aj + g 2 T a T b ij Wa W b Ai Aj



a
(29)
+ig 2 Tija a j Ai i Aj
where the new interactions of the gauginos with the fermions and scalars are given in the
last term.

3.4

Self Interactions of the Matter Multiplet

These correspond in non supersymmetric gauge theories both to the Yukawa interactions
and to the scalar potential. In supersymmetric gauge theories we have less freedom to
construct these terms. The first step is to construct the superpotential W . This must be
a gauge invariant polynomial function of the scalar components of the chiral multiplet i ,
that is Ai . It does not depend on Ai . In order to have renormalizable theories the degree
of the polynomial must be at most three. This is in contrast with non supersymmetric
gauge theories where we can construct the scalar potential with a polynomial up to the
fourth degree.
Once we have the superpotential W , then the theory is defined and the Yukawa interactions are

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 2

W
W
1
LY ukawa = 2
i j +
(30)
ij
Ai Aj
Ai Aj
and the scalar potential is

Vscalar = 12 D a D a + Fi Fi

(31)

where
Fi =

W
Ai

D a = g Ai Tija Aj

(32)

We see easily from these equations that, if the polynomial degree of W were higher than
three, then the scalar potential would be a polynomial of degree higher than four and
hence non renormalizable.

3.5

Supersymmetry Breaking Lagrangian

As we have not discovered superpartners of the known particles with the same mass, we
conclude that SUSY has to be broken. How this done is the least understood sector of
the theory. In fact, as we shall see, the majority of the unknown parameters come from
this sector. As we do not want to spoil the good features of SUSY, the form of these
SUSY breaking terms has to obey some restrictions. It has been shown that the added
terms can only be mass terms, or have the same form of the superpotential, with arbitrary
coefficients. These are called soft terms. Therefore, for the model that we are considering,
the general form would be1


a a
2
2
2
2
a a
(33)
LSB = m1 Re(A ) + m2 Im(A ) m3 + + m4 (A3 + h.c.)
1

We do not consider a term linear in A because we are assuming that , and hence A, are not gauge
singlets.

where A2 and A3 are gauge invariant combinations of the scalar fields. From its form, we
see that it only affects the scalar potential and the masses of the gauginos. The parameters
mi have the dimension of a mass and are in general arbitrary.

3.6

RParity

In many models there is a multiplicatively conserved quantum number the called Rparity.
It is defined as
R = (1)2J+3B+L
(34)
With this definition it has the value +1 for the known particles and 1 for their superpartners. The MSSM it is a model where Rparity is conserved. The conservation
of Rparity has three important consequences: i) SUSY particles are pair produced, ii)
SUSY particles decay into SUSY particles and iii) The lightest SUSY particle is stable
(LSP).

The Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model

4.1

The Gauge Group and Particle Content

We want to describe the supersymmetric version of the SM. Therefore the gauge group is
considered to be that of the SM, that is
G = SUc (3) SUL (2) UY (1)

(35)

We will now describe the minimal particle content.

Gauge Fields
We want to have gauge fields for the gauge group G = SUc (3) SUL (2) UY (1).
Therefore we will need three vector superfields (or vector supermultiplets) Vbi with
the following components:

Wi

Vb1 ( , W1 )

UY (1)

Vb3 (e
g b, W3b )

SUc (3) ,

Vb2 (a , W2a ) SUL (2) , a = 1, 2, 3

(36)

b = 1, . . . , 8

where
are the gauge fields and , and e
g are the UY (1) and SUL (2) gauginos
and the gluino, respectively.

Leptons

The leptons are described by chiral supermultiplets. As each chiral multiplet only
describes one helicity state, we will need two chiral multiplets for each charged
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lepton2 . The multiplets are given in Table 3, where the UY (1) hypercharge is defined
Supermultiplet

SUc (3) SUL (2) UY (1)

Quantum Numbers

bi (L,
e L)i
L
bi (eR , c )i
R

(1, 2, 12 )
(1, 1, 1)

Table 3: Lepton Supermultiplets

through Q = T3 + Y . Notice that each helicity state corresponds to a complex scalar

i is a doublet of SUL (2), that is
and that L
!
!
eLi

Li
ei =
L
;
Li =
(37)
e
Li
Li

Quarks

bi is also a
The quark supermultiplets are given in Table 4. The supermultiplet Q
doublet of SUL (2), that is
Supermultiplet

SUc (3) SUL (2) UY (1)

Quantum Numbers

bi (Q,
e Q)i
Q
b i (deR , dc )i
D

(3, 2, 16 )

bi
U

(3, 1, 23 )

Table 4: Quark Supermultiplets

ei =
Q
Higgs Bosons

(3, 1, 13 )

L
c
(e
u R , u L )i

u
eLi
deLi

Qi =

uLi
dLi

(38)

Finally the Higgs sector. In the MSSM we need at least two Higgs doublets. This is
in contrast with the SM where only one Higgs doublet is enough to give masses to
all the particles. The reason can be explained in two ways. Either the need to cancel
the anomalies, or the fact that, due to the analyticity of the superpotential, we have
to have two Higgs doublets of opposite hypercharges to give masses to the up and
down type of quarks. The two supermultiplets, with their quantum numbers, are
given in Table 5.
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We will assume that the neutrinos do not have mass.

Supermultiplet

SUc (3) SUL (2) UY (1)

Quantum Numbers

b 1 (H1 , H
e1)
H
b 2 (H2 , H
e2)
H

(1, 2, 12 )
(1, 2, + 12 )

Table 5: Higgs Supermultiplets

4.2

Field Strengths and Covariant Derivatives

For the derivation of the Feynman rules for the interactions it is important to fix the
notation for the the field strenghts and covariant derivatives. Here we just write the
SUL (2) UY (1) part. We have
a
LGauge = 41 F
F a B B

(39)

a
F
= Wa Wa gabc Wb Wc

(40)

B = B B

(41)

where

where 123 = 1. The covariant derivative reads

D = + i g

Y
a a
W + i g
B
2
2

(42)

where our normalization for the hypercharge is

Q = T3 + Y

(43)

After symmetry breaking (see below) we have

W3 = sin W A + cos W Z
B3 = cos W A sin W Z
with
e = g sin W = g cos W ;

g
= tan W
g

We can then write the covariant derivative in the more useful form
"
!
!
0 W+
0 0
g
g
D = + i
+
2 0 0
2 W 0


g
T3 sin2 W Q Z + e Q A
+
cos W
10

(44)

(45)

(46)

4.3

The Superpotential and SUSY Breaking Lagrangian

The MSSM Lagrangian is specified by the Rparity conserving superpotential W

h
i
bai U
bj H
b 2b + hij Q
bbi D
bj H
b 1a + hij L
bbi R
bj H
b 1a H
b 1a H
b 2b
W = ab hij
Q
U
D
E

(47)

where i, j = 1, 2, 3 are generation indices, a, b = 1, 2 are SU(2) indices, and is a completely antisymmetric 2 2 matrix, with 12 = 1. The coupling matrices hU , hD and hE
will give rise to the usual Yukawa interactions needed to give masses to the leptons and
quarks. If it were not for the need to break SUSY, the number of parameters involved
would be less than in the SM. This can be seen in Table 6.
The most general SUSY soft breaking is
ea Q
ea + M ij2 U
ei U
e + M ij2 D
eiD
e + M ij2 L
ea L
ea + M ij2 R
ei R
e + m2 H a H a
LSB = MQij2 Q
i
j
j
j
i
j
j
H1 1
1
U
D
L
R


+m2H2 H2a H2a 12 Ms s s + 21 M + 21 M + h.c.
i
h
ij ij e b e
ij ij e b e
ij e a e
a
a b
a
b
(48)
L
R
H

BH
H
Q
D
H
+
A
h
Q
U
H
+
A
h
+ab Aij
h
1 2
E E i j 1
D D i j 1
U U i j 2
Theory

Gauge
Sector

Fermion
Sector

Higgs
Sector

SM
MSSM
Broken MSSM

e, g, s
e, g, s
e, g, s

hU , hD , hE
hU , hD , hE
hU , hD , hE

2 ,

, M1 , M2 , M3 , AU , AD , AE , B
m2H2 , m2H1 , m2Q , m2U , m2D , m2L , m2R

Table 6: Comparative counting of parameters

4.4

Symmetry Breaking

The electroweak symmetry is broken when the two Higgs doublets H1 and H2 acquire
VEVs



 1 0
[ + v1 + i01 ]
H2+
2 1
(49)
,
H2 = 1 0
H1 =
[ + v2 + i0 ]
H1
2
2 2
with m2W = 41 g 2v 2 and v 2 v12 + v22 = (246 GeV)2 . The full scalar potential at tree level
is


X  W 2


(50)
Vtotal =
 zi  + VD + Vsof t
i
The scalar potential contains linear terms

Vlinear = t01 10 + t02 20

11

(51)

where
t1 = (m2H1 + 2 )v1 Bv2 + 81 (g 2 + g 2)v1 (v12 v22 ) ,
t2 = (m2H2 + 2 )v2 Bv1 18 (g 2 + g 2 )v2 (v12 v22 )

(52)

One can determine in the tree-level approximation the minimum of the scalar potential
by imposing the condition of vanishing tadpoles in Eq. 52. Oneloop corrections change
these equations to
ti = t0i ti + Ti (Q)
(53)
where ti , with i = 1, 2, are the renormalized tadpoles, t0i are the tree level tadpoles
given in Eq. 52, ti are the tadpole counter-terms, and Ti (Q) are the sum of all oneloop
contributions to the corresponding onepoint functions with zero external momentum.
The contribution from quarks and squarks to these tadpoles in our model can be found
in ref. [8]. In an on shell scheme we identify the tree level tadpoles with the renormalized
ones. Therefore, to find the correct minima we use Eq. 52 unchanged, where now all the
parameters are understood to be renormalized quantities. Eqs. (52) can be solved for B
and up to a sign. We have
m2H2 sin2 m2H1 cos2
+
=
cos 2


B = 12 sin 2 m2H1 + m2H2 + 22
2

12 m2Z

(54)

It can be shown that necessary conditions for the existence of a stable minimum are
(B)2 > (m2H1 + 2 )(m2H2 + 2 )
m2H1 + m2H2 + 22 > |B|

(55)

Notice that Eq. 54 only makes sense if 2 > 0 and, as we shall see in Section 5.3, also
B > 0 because is related with the mass squared, m2A , of the physical CPodd state.

4.5

The Constrained Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model

We have seen in the previous section that the parameters of the MSSM can be considered arbitrary at the weak scale. This is completely consistent. However the number of
independent parameters in Table 6 can be reduced if we impose some further constraints.
That is usually done by embedding the MSSM in a grand unified scenario. Different
schemes are possible but in all of them some kind of unification is imposed at the GUT
scale. Then we run the Renormalization Group (RG) equations down to the weak scale
to get the values of the parameters at that scale. This is sometimes called the constrained
MSSM model.

12

Among the possible scenarios, the most popular is the MSSM coupled to N = 1 Supergravity (SUGRA). Here at MGU T one usually takes the conditions:
At = Ab = A A , B = A 1 ,

m2H1 = m2H2 = ML2 = MR2 = m20 , MQ2 = MU2 = MD2 = m20 ,

M3 = M2 = M1 = M1/2

(56)

The counting of free parameters3 is done in Table 7

Parameters

Conditions

Free Parameters

ht , hb , h , v1 , v2
A, m0 , M1/2 ,
Total = 9

mW , mt , mb , m
ti = 0, i = 1, 2
Total = 6

tan
2 Extra free parameters
Total = 3

Table 7: Counting of free parameters in the MSSM coupled to N=1 SUGRA

where we introduced the usual notation
v2
(57)
v1
It is remarkable that with so few parameters we can get the correct values for the parameters, in particular m2H2 < 0. For this to happen the top Yukawa coupling has to be large
which we know to be true.
tan =

Mass Matrices in the MSSM

5.1

The Chargino Mass Matrices

The charged gauginos mix with the charged higgsinos giving the socalled charginos. In
e + ) and T = (i , H
e ), the chargino mass terms in the
a basis where +T = (i+ , H
2
1
Lagrangian are
!
!
+
0 M TC
1 +T T
+ h.c.
(58)
Lm = ( , )
2

MC 0
where the chargino mass matrix is given by

M2
MC =
1 gv1
2

1 gv2
2

(59)

and M2 is the SU(2) gaugino soft mass. It is sometimes more useful to write this mass
matrix in terms of the physical masses, that is

2mW sin
M2

(60)
M C =
2mW cos

For one family and without counting the gauge couplings.

13

The chargino mass matrix is diagonalized by two rotation matrices U and V defined by
Fi = U ij j

Fi+ = V ij j+

(61)

Then
U MC V 1 = MCdiag

(62)

where MCdiag is the diagonal chargino mass matrix. To determine U and V we note that
2

U )1
MCdiag = V MC MC V 1 = U MC MC (U

(63)

implying that V diagonalizes MC MC and U diagonalizes MC MC . In the previous expressions the Fi are two component spinors. We construct the four component Dirac spinors
out of the two component spinors with the conventions4 ,
!

F
i
(64)

i =
Fi+

5.2

The Neutralino Mass Matrices

e 1, H
e 2 ) the neutral fermions mass terms in the Lagrangian
In the basis 0T = (i , i3 , H
1
2
are given by
1
Lm = ( 0 )T M N 0 + h.c.
(65)
2
where the neutralino mass matrix is

M1
0
21 g v1 12 g v2

1
gv1 12 gv2
0
M2

2
MN = 1
(66)

1
2 g v1 2 gv1
0

1
g v2
2

12 gv2

and M1 is the U(1) gaugino soft mass. The neutralino mass matrix can be written in
terms of the physical masses

M1
0
mZ sin W cos mZ sin W sin

0
M2
mZ cos W cos mZ cos W sin

MN =

mZ sin W cos mZ cos W cos

mZ sin W sin mZ cos W sin

0
(67)
This neutralino mass matrix is diagonalized by a 4 4 rotation matrix N such that
N M N N 1 = diag(mF10 , mF20 , mF30 , mF40 )
4

(68)

Here we depart from the conventions of ref. [5, 6] because we want the to be the particle and not
the antiparticle.

14

and
Fk0 = N kj j0

(69)

The four component Majorana neutral fermions are obtained from the two component
via the relation
!
0
F
i
0i =
(70)
Fi0

5.3

Neutral Higgs Mass Matrices

The quadratic scalar potential includes

Vquadratic

" #
" #
0

0
= 12 [01 , 02 ] M 2P 0 10 + 21 [10 , 20 ] M 2S 0 10 +
2
2

where the CP-odd neutral scalar mass matrix is

B
B tan + vt11
M 2P 0 =
B
B cot +

t2
v2

(71)

(72)

This matrix also has a vanishing determinant after the tadpoles are set to zero, and the
zero eigenvalue corresponds to the mass of the neutral Goldstone boson. The mass of the
CP-odd state, usually called A, is
m2A =

2B
sin 2

(73)

The relation between the lagrangian states and the mass eigenstates is, as can be easily
verified,
#" #
" # "
cos sin 01
G0
(74)
=
sin cos 02
A0
that can be written in matrix form as
P 0 = RP P 0

(75)

where, P 0T = (G0 , A0 ), P 0T = (01 , 02 ) and the rotation matrix is

"
#

cos

sin

RP =
sin cos

(76)

for future reference we note that

01 = RP 11 G0 + RP 21 A0
02 = RP 12 G0 + RP 22 A0
15

(77)

The neutral CP-even scalar sector mass matrix in Eq. 71 is given by

t1
2
2
2
B

m
sin

cos

B
tan

+
m
cos

+
Z
Z
v1

M 2S 0 =
2
t2
2
2
B mZ sin cos
B cot + mZ sin + v2

(78)

As before we define the rotation matrix as

S 0 = RS S 0

(79)

where S 0T = (h0 , H 0), S 0T = (10 , 20 ). For future reference we note that

10 = RS 11 h0 + RS 21 H 0
20 = RS 12 h0 + RS 22 H 0

(80)

For completeness we note that this (orthogonal) matrix is normally parameterized by an

angle in the following way
"
#

sin

cos

RS =
.
(81)
cos sin

5.4

Charged Higgs Mass Matrices

The mass matrix of the charged Higgs bosons follows from the quadratic terms in the
scalar potential
" #
H1+
Vquadratic = [H1 , H2 , ] MH2
(82)
H2+
where the charged Higgs mass matrix is

B tan + m2W sin2 +

2
M H =
B + m2W sin cos

t1
v1

B +

m2W

sin cos

B cot + m2W cos2 +

t2
v2

(83)

The relation between the lagrangian states and the mass eigenstates is, again as in Eq. (74)
#" #
" # "
cos sin H1
G
(84)
=
sin cos H2
H
that can be written in matrix form as

S = RS S

(85)

where, S T = (G , H ), S T = (H1 , H2 ) and the rotation matrix is

"
#

cos

sin

RS =
sin cos

(86)

for future reference we note that

H1 = RS 11 G + RS

H2 = RS

12 G

16

21 H

+ RS

22 H

(87)

5.5

Lepton Mass Matrices

In the superpotential in Eq. 47 the Yukawa couplings are matrices in generation space.
For the case of the leptons it is possible to start with the matrix hE already diagonalized.
However, for some applications, could be useful to have a general matrix. Here we consider
an arbitrary matrix. In 2component spinor
notation the relevant mass terms in the Lagrangian are
v1
v1
LM = (hE )ij Li cLj (hE )ij Li cLj
2
2
where are the interaction eigenstates. The 4component spinors are

L

=
c
L

(88)

(89)

and therefore we have

LM = ME PR ME PL
= L ME R R ME L

(90)

where

v
ME )ij = 1 (hE )ij
(91)
(M
2
To diagonalize the mass matrix ME we need different rotations for the left handed and
right handed components. We introduce 5

R = RR
R

L = RL L

(92)

RL MEdiag RR = ME

(93)

Then
RL ME RR = MEdiag

or

where MEdiag is a diagonal matrix. The rotation matrices are obtained by noticing that

ME ME =

RL

2

diag
ME
RL

and

ME ME =

RR

2

diag
ME
RR

(94)

that tell us that RL diagonalizes ME ME and RR diagonalizes ME ME . For future reference we write the relations between the mass and the interaction eigenstates. We have

Ri = RR

ji Rj


Li = RL ji Lj

;
;

Ri = Rj RR
ji

Li = Lj RL ji

(95)

I changed here the convention in comparison with previous versions. Now the convention is uniform
for all fields and it is consistent with the convention used in SPheno [9].

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5.6

Quark Mass Matrices

In 2component spinor notation the relevant terms in the Lagrangian are

v2
v1
(96)
LM = (hD )ij dLi dcLj (hU )ij uLi ucLj + h.c.
2
2
where the primed states are again the interaction eigenstates. In 4component spinor
notation with the definitions


dL
uL

d =
;
u =
(97)
c
c
dL
uL

we get

LM = dL MD dR uL MU uR + h.c.

(98)

where

v
v
MD )ij = 1 (hD )ij
MU )ij = 2 (hU )ij
(M
;
(M
2
2
To obtain the eigenstates of the mass we rotate the quark fields through
dR = RdR dR

dL = RdL dL

uR = RuR uR

uL = RuL uL

(99)

(100)

For future reference we write the relations between the mass and the interaction eigenstates. We have
q

RR
qRi
= (R
)ji qRj

RR
= qR j (R
qRi
)ji

qLi

q = (d, u)

qLi

RLq )ji
(R

qLj

RLq )ji
qL j (R

(101)

Then
d
RLd MD RR
= MDdiag

and

u
RLu MU RR
= MUdiag

diag
where MD(U
) are a diagonal matrices. These are diagonalized by noticing that
2

2


d
d
RLd MD MD RLd = MDdiag
;
RR
MD MD RR
= MDdiag
2

2

u
u
RLu MU MU RLu = MUdiag
;
RR
MU MU RR
= MUdiag

(102)

(103)

Before we close this section let us write down the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM)
mixing matrix with our conventions. The couplings of the W with the quarks are
g
g
(104)
LCC = W dLi uLi W+ uLi dLi
2
2
Then in terms of the mass eigenstates the charged current Lagrangian reads
g
g

LCC = V CKM
W dLj uLi V CKM
W+ uLi dLj
(105)
ij
ij
2
2
where the CKM matrix V CKM is defined through
V CKM = RLu RLd
18

(106)

5.7

Slepton Mass Matrices

In the unrotated basis e i = (e

eL ,
eL , eL , e
eR ,
eR , eR ) we get

LM = 12 e Me2 e

where

2
2
MLL
MLR

Me2 =
2
2
MRL MRR

and
2
MLL
=

(108)

v12 hE hTE + ML2 21 (2m2W m2Z ) cos 2

v12 hTE hE + MR2 (m2Z m2W ) cos 2

v1
v2
= AE hE
2
2

2
MRR
=
2
MLR

1
2

(107)

1
2

2
2
MRL
= MLR

(109)

We define the mass eigenstates

e
e = R e

which implies

e
e i = R ji ej

The rotation matrices are obtained from

2

e
e
diag
R = Me2
R Me

(110)
(111)

(112)

In most applications the matrices in Eq. 108 are real and therefore the rotation matrices
e
R are orthogonal matrices.

5.8

Sneutrino Mass Matrices

In the unrotated basis ei = eiL we have

where

LM = 12 e Me 2 e

(113)

Me 2 = ML2 + 21 m2Z cos 2

(114)

e = Re e

(115)

We define the mass eigenstates

which implies

ei = Re ji ej
19

(116)

The rotation matrices are obtained from


2

Re Mediag Re = Me 2

(117)
e

In most applications the matrix in Eq. 114 is real and therefore the rotation matrices R
are orthogonal matrices.

5.9

Squark Mass Matrices

In the unrotated basis u

ei = (e
uLi , u
eRi ) and dei = (deLi , deRi ) we get
LM = 21 u
e Mue 2 u
e 12 de Mde2 de

where

Mqe2

Mqe2LL Mqe2LR

=
2
2
MqeRL MqeRR

(118)

(119)

e The blocks are different for up and down type squarks. We have
with qe = (e
u, d).
Mue2LL =

v22 hU hTU + MQ2 + 16 (4m2W m2Z ) cos 2

v22 hTU hU + MU2 + 23 (m2Z m2W ) cos 2

v2
v1
= AU hU
2
2

Mue2RR =
Mue2LR

1
2

1
2

Mue2RL = Mue2LR

(120)

and
2
MdLL
=
e

v12 hTD hD + MD2 31 (m2Z m2W ) cos 2

v2
v1
= AD hD
2
2

2
MdRR
=
e
2
MdLR
e

1 2 T
v h h + MQ2 16 (2m2W + m2Z ) cos 2
2 1 D D
1
2

2
2
MdRL
= MdLR
e
e

(121)

We define the mass eigenstates

which implies

qe = Rqe qe

qei = Rqeji qej

The rotation matrices are obtained from

2

diag
qe
R qe = Mqe2
Mqe
R

(122)
(123)

(124)

In many applications the matrices in Eq. 119 are real and therefore the rotation matrices
Rqe are orthogonal matrices.
20

Couplings in the MSSM

In this section we give a list of all the MSSM couplings. The following table is a guide.
Name

Type

Equation

Gauge
Self-Interaction
3-Point Gauge
Coupling

VVV
VVVV
V ff
V ff
V
V HH
Hf f
H ff
H

HV V
HHH
ff
V V ff
HHV V
HHHH
ffHH
ffff

Eq. (128)
Eq. (130), Eq. (131)
Eq. (140), Eq. (150)

3-Point Higgs
Coupling

Other 3-Point
4-Point
Coupling

Ghost

Eq. (140), Eq. (150)

Eq. (183)
Eq. (192)
Eq. (177)
Eq. (203)
Eq. (168)

Eq. (209)

V
H

Table 8: Couplings in the MSSM. V , f f and H are generic names. In particular H

includes the Goldstone bosons.

6.1

Gauge Self-Interactions

The gauge sector of the MSSM is exactly the same as in the SM. We present it here both
for completeness and to fix our notation.
6.1.1

VVV

From Eq. 39 we get

Now using

LV V V = 12 g Wa Wa abc W b W c
W3 = sin W A + cos W Z
21

(125)

W =

W1 i W2

(126)

we obtain


W W W + A W+ W+ W A

+

( A A ) W W





+i g cos W W W W + Z W+ W+ W Z

+

(127)
( Z Z ) W W

L = ie

which gives the following Feynman rule for the vertices,

W +
p2
V
i
h

i gV g (p2 p3 ) + g (p3 p1 ) + g (p1 p2 )

p1
p3
W

(128)

where V = A(Z) and gA = e, gZ = g cos W .

6.1.2

VVVV

For the quartic selfinteractions we have

h





2 i
LV V V V = 12 g 2 W+ W + W W W+ W


+g 2 cos2 W W+ W Z Z W+ W Z Z


+e2 W+ W A A W+ W A A


+e g cos W W+ W (Z A + Z A ) 2W+ W A Z

(129)

which gives the following Feynman rules for the quartic vertices,
W+

W+
V

W+

W+



i g 2 2 g g g g g g

(130)

W+

W+



i gV gV g g + g g 2 g g
22

(131)

where V = A(Z) and gA = e, gZ = g cos W .

6.2

Charged Current Couplings

Using two component spinors and following the notation of ref. [5] the relevant part of
the Lagrangian can be written as


1  e 0 e + e e 0
L = g
3 + 3 H
2 H2 + H1 H1
2



1

Li Li + dLi uLi
2


1  e + e 0 e 0 e 
3

+
3
+
H2 H2 + H1 H1
+ g W
2



1

Li Li + uLi dLi
2
W

(132)

To obtain the couplings in four component notation we first write Eq. 132 in terms of the
mass eigenstates in two component notation, Fi and Fi0 . In order to do that we recall
that for the neutralinos
i = N i1 Fi0

i = N i1 Fi0

i3 = N i2 Fi0

i3 = N i2 Fi0

e 0 = N i4 F 0
H
2
i

e 20 = N i4 F 0
H
i

e 0 = N i3 F 0
H
1
i

e 0 = N i3 F 0
H
1
i

while for the charginos

i = U j1 Fj

i = U j1 Fj

e = U j2 F
H
1
j

i+ = V j1Fj+

i+ = V j1 Fj+

e 2+ = V j2F +
H
j

e 2+ = V j2 F +
H
j

e = U j2 F
H
1
j

We obtain then




1
0

0 +
N i2U j1
L = g W Fi Fj N i2V j1 N i4V j2 + Fj Fi N
2



1

Li Li + dLi uLi
2




1
+ 0

+

0
N i2U j1
+ g W Fj Fi N i2V j1 N i4V j2 + Fi Fj N
2



1

Li Li + dLi uLi
2
23

(133)

(134)

1
N i3U j2
2

1
N i3U j2
2

(135)

Finally using

0
Fi0 Fj+ =
j PR i

0
Fj Fi0 =
j PL i

Fi0 Fj = 0i PL
j
Fj+ Fi0 = 0i PR
j

Li Li
= Li PL Li

Li
Li = Li PL Li

(136)

we get
L=

gW

gW+

where

0i




1

+
Li PL Li + dLi PL uLi
2





1

L
R

(Oji ) PL + (Oji ) PR j Li PL Li + uLi PL dLi (137)

2
L
Oji
PL

L
Oji

R
Oji

R
Oji
PR

=
=

0i

1
N
N i2U j1 N i3U j2
2
N

1
N i2V j1 + N i4V j2
N
2
V

(138)

Finally we rotate the leptons and quarks to the mass eigenstates using the relations6
RLu )ij
uL i = uL j (R


dLi = dLj RLd ij


Li = Lj RL ij

uLi = RLu ij uLj

dLi = RLdLij dLj
Li = RLLij Lj

(139)

RL )ij
= Lj (R
Li

Li
= RLLij Lj

to get





0
1
CKM

L
R
j Oji PL + Oji PR i Li PL Li + V ij
dLj PL uLi
L=
2






1
CKM
+

+ gW 0i (Oji ) PL + (Oji ) PR j Li PL Li + V ij uLi PL dLj (140)

2
gW

where the CKM matrix V CKM was defined in Eq. 106.

6

Notice that as the neutrinos are massless we can rotate them by the same matrix as the leptons.
Then the charged current for neutrinos and leptons will remain diagonal.

24

6.3

Neutral Current Couplings

Using two component spinors and following the notation of ref. [5] the relevant part of
the Lagrangian can be written as
L=

12

gW3

+ g B



12 gW3 + g B




+ e+
0 e
e
e
H2 H2 H1 H1 gW3 + + (141)



 0 0
e H
e 0 H
e H
e0
H
2
1
2
1

+ 12 gW3 + g B Li
Li +

1
2

+ 12 gW3 31 g B uLi uLi +

1
2

(142)

gW3 + g B Li Li g B cLi cLi(143)

+ 23 g B ucLi ucLi 31 g B dcLi dcLi

gW3 13 g B dLi dLi

(144)
(145)

To obtain the couplings in four component notation we first write Eq. 145 in terms of the
mass eigenstates in two component notation, Fi and Fi0 . We also use


g
1 sin2 W Z
(146)
gW3 = eA +
cos W
g B = eA

g
sin2 W Z
cos W

(147)

We get in two component notation


L = eA V ik V jk Fi+ Fj+ U ik U jk Fi Fj Li Li + cLi cLi

g
cos W

+ 32 uLi uLi 31 dLi dLi 23 ucRi ucRi + 31 dcRi dcRi


N i4N j4 N i3N j3 ) Fi0 Fj0
Z 21 (N

+ U i1U j1 sin2 W U ik U jk Fi Fj


+ 12 V i2 V j2 V i1 V j1 + sin2 W V ik V jk Fi+ Fj+

1
U U j2
2 i2

Li
+ ( 21 sin2 W ) Li Li + sin2 W cLi cLi
12 Li

+( 12 + 32 sin2 W )uLi uLi + ( 12 31 sin2 W ) dLi dLi


2
2
c
c
2
1
c
c
+ 3 sin W uLi uLi 3 sin W dLi dLi

(148)

Now using the unitarity of the diagonalization matrices we get, still in two component
spinor notation,




Fi Fi Fi+ Fi+ + Li Li cLi cLi
L = eA
25


g
Z
+
cos W

2
3

1
2

uL i

uLi

ucL i

ucLi

1
3

dL i

dLi

dcL i

N i4N j4 N i3N j3) Fi0 Fj0

(N

dcLi

+ U i1U j1 sin2 W ij Fi Fj


+ 12 V i2 V j2 V i1 V j1 + sin2 W ij Fi+ Fj+

1
U U j2
2 i2

Li
+ ( 21 sin2 W ) Li Li + sin2 W cLi cLi
12 Li

+( 12 + 32 sin2 W )uLi uLi + ( 12 31 sin2 W ) dLi dLi


2
2
c
c
2
1
c
c
+ 3 sin W uLi uLi 3 sin W dLi dLi

(149)

Finally we get in four component notation7




L = eA i i + i i 23 ui ui + 31 di di
g
Z
+
cos W

L
R
OijL PL + OijR PR 0j +

O
P
+
O
P
j
L
R
ij
ij
i

1 0

2 i

+ 12 i 21 PL + 21 PR i

 #

X
+
I3f + Qf sin2 W PL + Qf sin2 W PR fi (150)
f i
f =,u,d

where
OijL =
OijR

1
2

N i4N j4 N i3N j3)

(N


L
= Oji

OijL =

1
U U j2
2 i2

+ U i1U j1 sin2 W ij

OijR =

1
V V i2
2 j2

+ V j1 V i1 sin2 W ij

(151)

and I3f and Qf are, respectively, the weak isospin and the charge of fermion f = , u, d.

6.4

3-point gauge boson couplings to scalars

In this section we give the 3-point couplings of gauge bosons with the scalars.
7

We can see that the neutral current interaction of the leptons and quarks is diagonal in generation
space after we perform the rotation into the mass eigenstates.

26

6.4.1

Gauge boson couplings to sfermions (V ff)

We write the Lagrangian as

L

=i gZXY
ff

h
i

XY

fX fY Z + i e Qf fX fX A + i gW ff f X fY W + h.c

(152)

where in the last term Qf Qf = 1. We have



i
g h (f) (f)  f
(f)
(f)
2
2
R
R
T

sin

Q
+
R
R

sin

Q
gZXY
=

W f
W f
3
Xi
Yi
X,i+3 Y,i+3
ff
cos W

g (f) (f)
XY
RXi RY i

gW
=

ff
2
where i = 1, 2, 3. This in turn corresponds to the following Feynman rules.
fX

fY

p1

fX

p2

fX

p1

fX

p2

fY
6.4.2

6.5

p2

i (p1 + p2 ) gZXY
ff

(154)

i e Qf (p1 + p2 )

(155)

XY
i (p1 + p2 ) gW
ff

(156)

p1

Gauge boson couplings to Higgs (V HH)

4-point gauge boson couplings to scalars

6.5.1

Gauge boson couplings to sfermions (V V ff)

6.5.2

Gauge boson couplings to Higgs (V V HH)

6.6
6.6.1

(153)

Scalar couplings to fermions

Charged scalars couplings to fermions

Using two component spinors and following the notation of ref. [5] the relevant part of
the Lagrangian can be written as
L = Lgauge + LY ukawa
27

(157)

where the gauge part is determined by the gauge group and quantum numbers of the
matter multiplets and is given by


g
g
3 e
e
e0
+
Lgauge = H1 (i ) H1 + (i ) H1 g (i ) H1
2
2



g
g
+
+
+
0
e 2 (i ) H
e 2 g (i+ ) H
e2
+ H2 (i3 ) H
2
2


i
h

g
g

e
+ Li (i ) Li + (i ) Li g (i ) Li + eRi g 2 (i ) cLi
2
2




g
4g
g
3

eRi (i ) ucLi
+u
eLi (i ) uLi (i ) uLi g (i ) dLi + u
2
3 2
3 2





g
2g
g

e
e
+ dLi + (i ) dLi (i ) dLi g (i ) uLi + dRi (i ) dLi
2
3 2
3 2
+ h.c.

(158)

The Yukawa part is derived from the superpotential W by use of Eq. 30. In order to use
this equation it is helpful to write down explicitly the superpotential. We have
bj H
b 21
b1i D
bjH
b 12 (hU ) Q
b2i U
b1i R
bj H
b 12 (hD ) Q
W = (hE )ij L
ij
ij
b2 R
b b1
b2 b b 1
b1 b b 2
+ (hE )ij L
i j H1 + (hD )ij Qi Dj H1 + (hU )ij Qi Uj H2

(159)

Then in two component spinor notation the Yukawa part of the couplings of charged
scalar to fermions is
e
c
e 10 (hE ) eRj Li H
e 10 + (hE ) eRj Li
LY ukawa = (hE )ij eLi cLj H
H1 + (hE )ij H1 Li
Lj
ij
ij

c
e e
e0
e 0 (hD ) deRj d H
(hD )ij deLi dcLj H
Li 1 + (hD )ij dRj uLi H1 + (hD )ij H1 uLi dLj
1
ij

e 0 (hU ) u
e0
e + + (hU ) H + d uc
(hU )ij u
eLi ucLj H
eRj dLi H
2
2
2 Li Lj
ij eRj uLi H2 + (hU )ij u
ij

e + (hU ) deLi uc H
e+
+ (hD )ij u
eLi dcLj H
1
Lj 2
ij
+h.c.

(160)

Now this can be written in four component spinor notation in terms of the mass eigenstates. We will do this separately for Lgauge and LY ukawa . We obtain8



g
0

N B2 + tan W N B1 ) g U A1N B3 A PR B
U A2 (N
Lgauge = H1
2



g

0
N B2 + tan W N B1 ) g V A1N B4 A PL B
+ H2
V A2 (N
2
8

We still keep the unrotated fields for the leptons and quarks. The final rotation will be done in
Section 6.6.3.

28

+
+
+
+
+
+


g

c
N A2 + tan W N A1 ) 0 A PL i g U B1 B PL i
(N
2
h
i
ReX,i+3 eX g 2 tan W N A1 0 A PR i




g

1
u
e
0
R X,i u
eX N A2 + 3 tan W N A1 A PL ui g V B1 B PL di
2


4 g

u
e
0
tan W N A1 A PR ui
R X,i+3 u
eX
3 2




g

1
de
0
c
e
R X,i dX N A2 3 tan W N A1 A PL di g U B1 B PL ui
2


2 g

de
0
e
R X,i+3 dX tan W N A1 A PR di
3 2
e
R X,i

eX

+ h.c.
and

(161)



e
e
LY ukawa = (hE )ij N A3 R X,i eX j PL 0A + R X,j+3 eX 0 A PL i


e
+ (hE )ij U A2 R X,j+3 eX cA PL i + H1 j PL i




de
de

0
e
e
N
R
R
(hD )ij A3
X,j+3 dX A PL di
X,i dX d j PL A +



de
c
e
+ (hD )ij U A2 R X,j+3 dX A PL ui + H1 d j PL ui



eX uj PL 0A + Rue X,j+3 u
(hU )ij N A4 Rue X,i u
eX 0 A PL ui

+ (hU )ij V A2 Rue X,j+3 u

eX A PL di + H2+ u j PL di

c
de
e
eX d j PL
+ (hD )ij U A2 RueX,i u
A + (hU )ij V A2 R X,i dX u j PL A

+ h.c.

(162)

In Section 6.6.3 we will give the final formulas.

6.6.2

Neutral scalars couplings to fermions

Using two component spinors and following the notation of ref. [5] the relevant part of
the Lagrangian can be written as
L = Lgauge + LY ukawa
where the gauge part is




g
g
3 e0
e0
+ e
0
Lgauge = H1
(i ) H1 + (i ) H1 g (i ) H1
2
2
29

(163)



H20

g
g
e0
e 0 g (i ) H
e+
(i3 ) H
(i ) H
+
2
2
2
2
2


g
g

3
+ ei (i ) i + (i ) i g (i+ )
i
2
2

+ h.c.

(164)

and the Yukawa part is

e (hE ) H 0 c (hD ) H 0 d dc (hU ) H 0 u uc
LY ukawa = (hE )ij e Li cLj H
1
1 Li Lj
1 Li Lj
2 Li Lj
ij
ij
ij
+h.c.

(165)

Now this can be written in four component spinor notation in terms of the mass eigenstates. We will do this separately for Lgauge and LY ukawa . We obtain





g 

0
V A1U B2 A PL B
Lgauge = H1
N A2 tan W N A1 N B3 0 A PL B gV
2





g 

0
0

V A2U B1 A PL B
N A2 tan W N A1 N B4 A PL B gV
+ H2
2



g 

e
0

R X,i eX N A2 tan W N A1 A PL i gV
V A1 A PL i
+R
2
+h.c.

(166)

and
LY ukawa = (hE )ij H10 j PL i (hD )ij H10 d j PL di (hU )ij H20 u j PL ui
+ (hE )ij U A2 Re X,i eX j PL
A

+h.c.

(167)

In Section 6.6.3 we will give the final formulas.

6.6.3

Final formulas for the scalar couplings to fermions

In this Section we present the final formulas for the scalar couplings to fermions. To be
more precise we are going to only to write down those for the couplings fermionsfermion
chargino and fermionsfermionneutralino. These leave out the couplings of the neutral
and charged Higgs bosons with the fermions. These can be read from Eqs. (161), (162),
(166) and (167) not forgetting that we still have to perform the rotation into the Higgs
bosons mass eigenstates.
We interaction lagrangian can be written as
h
h
i
i
L()
R()
eX i C L() PL + C R() PR c
+

L = eX i CiAX PL + CiAX PR
A
iAX
iAX
A
30

h
h
i
i
L(d)
R(d)
eX ui C L(u) PL + C R(u) PR c
+ u
eX di CiAX PL + CiAX PR
+
d
A
iAX
iAX
A
h
i
L(f )
R(f )
+ feX f i NiAX PL + NiAX PR 0A
+

h.c.

(168)

where the indices i, A, X apply to generations, charginos (or neutralinos) and sfermions,
respectively. All repeated indices are summed over and f = , , u, d. The coefficients C
and N can be read from Eqs. (161), (162), (166) and (167). We list them below.
L()

CiAX = (hE )kj U A2 ReX,k RR

Rij
(169)

R()
V A1 Re X,k RLLik
CiAX = gV
L()
CiAX = 0
(170)
e
e
R()
U A1 R X,k RLLik + (hE )kj U A2 R X,j+3 RLLik
CiAX = gU
L(d)

d
CiAX = (hD )kj U A2 Rue X,k RR
ij
(171)

R(d)
V A1 Rue X,k RLd ik + (hU )kj V A2 Rue X,j+3 RLd ik
CiAX = gV
L(u)

u
CiAX = (hU )kj V A2 RdeX,k RR
Rij
(172)
e
e
R(u)
U A1 Rd X,k RLuLik + (hD )kj U A2 Rd X,j+3 RLuLik
CiAX = gU

and for the N s

L()

e
e

NiAX = g 2 tan W N A1 R X,k+3 RR

Rik (hE )kj N A3 R X,k RR
Rij


g
e
e
R()

NiAX
= N A2 + tan W N A1 R X,k RLLik (hE )kj N A3 R X,j+3 RLLik
2

L()

NiAX = 0


g 

R()

NiAX = N A2 tan W N A1 Re X,k RLLik

2

4 g
L(u)

u
u
u
e
u
e

Rij
Rik (hU )kj N A4 R X,k RR
NiAX = 3 tan W N A1 R X,k+3 RR
2


g 

R(u)

NiAX
= N A2 + 13 tan W N A1 Rue X,k RLuLik (hU )kj N A4 Rue X,j+3 RLuLik
2

2 g
L(d)

de
d
de
d

Rik (hD )kj N A3 R X,k RR

Rij
NiAX = 3 tan W N A1 R X,k+3 RR
2

g 

e
e
R(d)

NiAX
= N A2 13 tan W N A1 Rd X,k RLdLik (hD )kj N A3 Rd X,j+3 RLdLik
2
31

(173)

(174)

(175)

(176)

6.6.4

Final formulas for the Higgs couplings to SUSY fermions

In this Section we present the final formulas for the Higgs couplings to supersymmetric
fermions (charginos and neutralinos). These can be read from Eqs. (161), (162), (166)
and (167).
We interaction lagrangian can be written as
h
i
L(S + )
R(S + )
L = A DABi PL + DABi PR 0B Si + h.c.
+
+

h
i
i
1 0 h L(S 0 )
L(S 0 )
R(S 0 )
R(S 0 )
0
A EABi PL + EABi PR 0B Si0 + A FABi PL + FABi PR
B Si
2

h
i
i
1 0 h L(P 0 )
L(P 0 )
R(P 0 )
R(P 0 )
0
A EABi PL + EABi PR 0B Pi0 + A FABi PL + FABi PR
B Pi (177)
2

where the indices i, A, B apply to the Higgs, and charginos (or neutralinos), respectively.
All repeated indices are summed over. The coefficients D, E and F can be read from
Eqs. (161), (162), (166) and (167). We list them below 9 .

h
i
+
L(S + )

N B2 + tan W N B1 ) g V A1N B4 R(Si2 )

DABi = 2 V A2 (N
(178)
i
h
(S + )
R(S + )

g
DABi

U
N
N
U
N
R
= 2 A2 (N B2 + tan W B1 ) g A1 B3
i1

L(S 0 )

E
=

ABi

R(S 0 )

EABi =

i
0
N A2N B3 + g N A1N B3 gN
N B2N A3 + g N B1N A3 R (Si1 )
gN
h
i
0
N A2N B4 g N A1N B4 + gN
N B2N A4 g N B1N A4 R(Si2 )
+ 21 + gN
1
2

L(S 0 )

EABi

(179)

i
h

(P 0 )
L(P 0 )

N
N

gN
N
+
g
N
N

gN
N
+
g
N
N
E
=

A2 B3
A1 B3
B2 A3
B1 A3 R i1
ABi
2

h
i

0
N A2N B4 g N A1N B4 + gN
N B2N A4 g N B1N A4 R(Pi2 )
2i + gN




E R(P 0 ) = E L(P 0 )
ABi
ABi



L(S 0 )
(S 0 )
(S 0 )

FABi = 2 V A1U B2R i1 + V A2U B1R i2



(S 0 )
(S 0 )
R(S 0 )

g
FABi

V
U
R
V
U
R
= 2
B1 A2
B2 A1
i1 +
i2
0

(180)

(181)

The rotation matrices R(S ) and R (P ) are real orthogonal matrices. However SPheno[9] considers
(S + )
R
to be in general complex, so we follow this convention.
9

32


L(P 0 )

FABi = i
6.6.5

R(P 0 )

FABi



(P 0 )
(P 0 )
V A1U B2R i1 + V A2U B1R i2


(P 0 )
(P 0 )
= i g2 V B1U A2R i1 + V B2U A1R i2
g
2

(182)

Final formulas for the Higgs couplings to SM fermions

In this Section we present the final formulas for the Higgs couplings to Standard Model
fermions. These can be read from Eqs. (162) and (167).
We write the interaction lagrangian as 10




L()
R()
L(qq )
R(qq )
L =Si j Gijk PL + Gijk PR k + Si dj Gijk PL + Gijk PR uk


L()
R()
+ i Hijk PL + Hijk PR i Si0 k





L(u)
R(u)
L(d)
R(d)
+ ui Hijk PL + Hijk PR uj Sk0 + di Hijk PL + Hijk PR dj Sk0


L()
R()
+ i Iijk PL + Iijk PR j Pk0





L(u)
R(u)
L(d)
R(d)
+ ui Iijk PL + Iijk PR uj Pk0 + di Iijk PL + Iijk PR dj Pk0

(183)

L(qq )
+
(u)
(d)
Gijk = (hD )k j R (Si1 ) RL kk
RR jj

(184)

)
(S + )
()
()
GL(
= (hE )k j R i1 RL kk RR jj
ijk

(185)

The coefficients G, H and I can be read from Eqs. (162) and (167). We list them below.

R(qq )

Gijk

R()

Gijk

(S + )
i2

= (hU )j k R

(u)
(d)
RR kk RL jj

=0

L()
(S 0 )
()
()

Hijk = 12 (hE )j i R k1 RL jj RR ii


R()
L()

Hijk
= Hijk

10

L(d)
(S 0 )
(d)
(d)

Hijk = 12 (hD )j i R k1 RL jj RR ii


R(d)
L(d)

Hijk
= Hijk

The order of the fields was chosen to be in agreement with SPheno[9] conventions.

33

(186)

(187)


(S 0 )
(u)
(u)
L(u)

Hijk = 12 (hU )j i R k1 RL jj RR ii


R(u)
L(u)

Hijk
= Hijk

L()
(S 0 )
()
()

Iijk = i 12 (hE )j i R k1 RL jj RR ii


R()
L()

Iijk
= Iijk

L(d)
(S 0 )
(d)
(d)

Iijk = i 12 (hD )j i R k1 RL jj RR ii


R(d)
L(d)

Iijk
= Iijk

L(u)
(S 0 )
(u)
(u)

Iijk = i 12 (hU )j i R k1 RL jj RR ii


R(u)
L(u)

Iijk
= Iijk

6.7

(188)

(189)

(190)

(191)

Trilinear scalar couplings with Higgs bosons

In this section we will show the trilinear scalar couplings envolving the Higgs boson and the
corresponding Goldstone bosons. The Higgs self interactions will be left for section 6.11.
6.7.1

Higgs Sfermion Sfermion

We write the lagrangian as

u )
(S + d

L =gijk

)
(S +

Si+ dj uk + gijk

Si+ j k + h.c.

(S 0 dd )

(S 0 )
(S 0 )
(S 0 u
u
)
Si0 j k + gijk
Si0 j k
Si0 dj dk + gijk
Si0 uj uk + gijk

(P 0 dd )

(P 0 u
u
)
(P 0 )
(P 0 )
Pi0 dj dk + gijk
Pi0uj uk + gijk
Pi0 j k + gijk
Pi0 j k

+ gijk

+ gijk

(192)

We list below these couplings.

u )
(S + d
gijk
=






(
vu
g2
g2
vd
(S )
(S )
(d)
u)

(hD hD )j k j k Ri1
+ (hU hU )j k j k R i2
Rjj R kk
2
2
2
2

h
i
(S )
(S )
(d) (
u)
+ (hU )j k R i1
+ (AU )j k R i2
R jj Rk,k+3
i
h
(S )
(S )
(d)
(
u)
+ (hD )k j R i2
+ (AD )k j Ri1
R j,j +3R kk
34



vu (S )
vd (S )
(d)
(
u)
+ Ri1
+ R i2
(hD hU )j k Rj,j +3Rk,k+3
2
2
)
(S +
gijk




(
vd
vu g 2
g2
(S )
()
)
(S )

= (hE hE )j k j k R i1
j k R i2
R jj R kk

2
2
2 2
h
i
(S )
(S )
()
(
)
+ (hD )k j Ri2
+ (AE )k j Ri1
R j,j +3Rkk

(S 0 dd )
gijk
=

(193)

(194)



 




(d)

vu
1
(S 0 )
(d)
(S 0 )

2
2
2
2
3g +g j k (hD hD )j k Ri1
3g +g j k Ri2 Rjj Rkk
vd
12
12


(S 0 )
(S 0 )
(
u)
R(jjd) Rk,k
+ (AD )j k Ri1 + (hD )j k Ri2
+3
2
2




1
(S 0 )
(S 0 )
(d)
(
u)

+ (AD )k j R i1 + (hD )k j R i2 Rj,j +3R kk

2
2


+ vd

(S 0 u
u
)
gijk
=




g 2
g 2
(S 0 )
(d)
(
u)
(S 0 )

(hD hD )j ,k Ri1 vu j ,k Ri2 R j,j +3R k,k+3

6
6

(195)









1
vd
(S 0 )
(S 0 )
(
u) (
u)

2
2
2
2
3g g j k Ri1 +vu
3g g j k (hU hU )j k R i2 R jj Rkk

12
12


(S 0 )
(S 0 )
(
u)
R(jjd) Rk,k
+ (hU )j k Ri1 (AU )j k Ri2
+3
2
2




1

(S 0 )
(S 0 )
(d)
(
u)

+ (hU )kj Ri1 (AU )k j R i2 R j,j +3R kk

2
2


g 2
(S 0 )
+ vd j ,k Ri1 + vu
3

(S 0 )
gijk
=




g 2
(S 0 )
(d)
(
u)

(hU hU )j ,k R i2 R j,j +3R k,k+3

3

(196)

 


(d)

1 2 2

vu 2 2

(S 0 )
(d)
(S 0 )

vd
g g j k (hE hE )j k R i1
g g j k Ri2 R jj Rkk
4
4


1
(S 0 )
(S 0 )
(
u)
R(jjd) Rk,k
+ (AE )j k Ri1 + (hE )j k Ri2
+3
2
2





1
(S 0 )
(S 0 )
(d)
(
u)

+ (AE )k j R i1 + (hE )k j Ri2 R j,j +3R kk

2
2


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+ vd

(S 0 )
gijk
=




g 2
g 2
(S 0 )
(d)
(
u)
(S 0 )

(hE hE )j ,k R i1 vu j ,k Ri2 R j,j +3Rk,k+3

2
2

i
h v




vu 2
d
(S 0 )
(S 0 )
(
) (
)
2
2
2

R
g + g j k i1 +
g + g j k i2 Rjj Rkk

4
4

(P 0 dd )
gijk

(P 0 u
u
)
gijk

(P 0 )
gijk

=i


(
1

(P 0 )
(P 0 )
(d)
u)
(AD )j k Ri1 + (hD )j k Ri2
R jj R k,k+3
2
2

+i




1
(P 0 )
(P 0 )
(d)
(
u)

(AD )k j R i1 + (hD )k j R i2
R j,j +3Rkk
2
2

=i


(

1
(P 0 )
(P 0 )
(d)
u)
(hU )j k R i1 + (AU )j k R i2
Rjj Rk,k+3
2
2

+i



1

(P 0 )
(P 0 )
(d)
(
u)

(hU )k j Ri1 + (AU )k j Ri2

Rj,j +3R kk
2
2

=i


(

1
(P 0 )
(P 0 )
(d)
u)
(AE )j k R i1 + (hE )j k Ri2
R jj R k,k+3
2
2

+i



1

(P 0 )
(P 0 )
(d)
(
u)

(AE )k j Ri1 + (hE )k j R i2

Rj,j +3Rkk
2
2
(P 0 )

gijk

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=0

(197)

(198)

(199)

(200)

(201)

(202)

6.8

Quartic scalar couplings with Higgs bosons

In this section we will show the quartic scalar couplings envolving the Higgs boson and the
corresponding Goldstone bosons. The Higgs self interactions will be left for section 6.11.

6.9

Quartic sfermion interactions

In this section we will show the quartic scalar couplings envolving the sfermions among
themselves.

6.10

Higgs couplings with the gauge bosons

6.10.1

Higgs Gauge Boson Gauge Boson

6.10.2

Higgs Higgs Gauge Boson Gauge Boson

6.11

Higgs boson self interactions

In this section we will show the self couplings envolving the Higgs boson among themselves.
We give separately the 3-point and 4-point interactions.
6.11.1

Higgs Higgs Higgs

For the 3-point Higgs boson self interactions we write the Lagrangian as
1 S0S0S0 0 0 0 1 S0P 0P 0 0 0 0
S 0S + S
L = gi,j,k
Si Sj Sk + gi,j,k
Si Pj Pk + gi,j,k
Si0 Sj+ Sk
6
2

(203)

where 1/6 and 1/2 are symmetry factors for the case of identical particles, chosen in such
S 0 S 0 S 0 11
is really the Feynman rule for the vertice
a way that, for instance, the coupling gi,j,k
(after multiplying by i as usual), that is,
0

S S
gi,j,k

0S0

3L
Si0 Sj0 Sk0

(204)

and similarly for the other cases. To simplify the notation we write the values for the
unrotated couplings defined by the relations
0 0S0

S S
gi,j,k

(S ) (S )
(S )
= giS ,jS,kS R i,i R j,j R k,k
0 0

(205)

and similar relations. We get

0 0

S S S
g1,1,1
=
11

3g 2 vd 3g 2 vd

4
4
0

S S
We have that, obviously, gi,j,k
entries.

S0

S S S
g1,1,2
=

g 2vu g 2 vu
+
4
4
0

S P
is completely symmetric and gi,j,k

37

P0

is symmetric in the last two

0 0

0 0

0 0

g 2 vu g 2 vu
+
4
4
2
2
g vu g vu
+
=
4
4
g 2 vd g 2 vd
=
+
4
4

S S S
g2,1,1
S S S
g2,2,1

S P P
g1,1,1
=

g 2vd g 2vd

4
4

0 +S

0 +S

S S
g1,2,1

0 +S

S S
g2,1,1

0 +S

S S
g2,2,1

6.11.2

S S S
g2,1,2

g 2vd g 2 vd
+
4
4
2
2
g vd g vd
+
=
4
4
3g 2vu 3g 2 vu

=
4
4

(206)

S P P
g1,1,2
=0
S P P
g1,2,2
=

g 2 vu g 2 vu
+
4
4

g 2 vd g 2 vd
+
4
4

S P P
g2,1,2
=0

S P P
g2,2,1
=0

S S
g1,1,1

S S S
g2,2,2

S P P
g1,2,1
=0
S P P
g2,1,1
=

S S S
g1,2,2
=

S S S
g1,2,1
=

S P P
g2,2,2
=

g 2 vd g 2 vd

4
4
g 2 vu
=
4
2
g vu g 2 vu
+
=
4
4
g 2 vd
=
4

0 +S

S S
g1,1,2

0 +S

S S
g1,2,2

0 +S

S S
g2,1,2

0 +S

S S
g2,2,2

g 2vu g 2 vu

4
4

g 2 vu
4
g 2 vd g 2 vd
+
=
4
4
2
g vd
=
4
g 2 vu g 2vu

=
4
4

(207)

(208)

Higgs Higgs Higgs Higgs

For the 4-point Higgs boson self interactions we write the Lagrangian as
1 S0S0S0S0 0 0 0 0
1 S0S0P 0P 0 0 0 0 0 1 P 0P 0P 0P 0 0 0 0 0
L = gi,j,k,l
g
Si Sj Sk Sl +
Si Sj Pk Pl + gi,j,k,l
Pi Pj Pk Pl (209)
4!
(2!)2 i,j,k,l
4!
+

1 S+SS+S + +
1 S 0 S 0 S + S 0 0 + 1 P 0P 0 S + 0S 0 0 +
gi,j,k,l
g
Si Sj Sk Sl + gi,j,k,l
P i P j Sk Sl +
Si Sj Sk Sl
2!
2!
(2!)2 i,j,k,l

We get for the unrotated couplings

S S S
g1,1,1,1

0S0

S S S
g1,2,1,1

0S0

0S0

S S S
g2,1,1,1

g 2 g 2
3g 2 3g 2
S 0S 0 S 0 S 0
S0S0S0S0
S 0S 0 S 0 S 0

, g1,1,1,2
= g1,1,2,1
=0,
g1,1,2,2
= +
4
4
4
4
2
2
g
g
S 0S 0 S 0 S 0
S 0S 0 S 0 S 0
S0S0S0S0
, g1,2,2,2
=0,
g1,2,1,2
=0
= g1,2,2,1
= +
4
4
g 2 g 2
S 0S 0 S 0 S 0
S 0S 0 S 0 S 0
S0S0S0S0
, g2,1,2,2
=0
(210)
=0,
g2,1,1,2
= g2,1,2,1
= +
4
4

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g 2 g 2
+
,
4
4

0 0

0S0

0S0

0P 0

0P 0

=0,

S S P
g1,2,1,2

0P 0

=0,

S S P
g2,1,1,2

0P 0

S S S
g2,2,1,1

S S P
g1,1,1,1
S S P
g1,2,1,1
S S P
g2,1,1,1
S S P
g2,2,1,1

0P 0

0P 0

=0,

0P 0

=0,

0P 0

P P P
g1,1,1,1
P P P
g1,2,1,1
P P P
g2,1,1,1
P P P
g2,2,1,1

S 0S 0 S + S
g1,1,1,1
0 0

+S

0 0

+S

0 0

+S

S S S
g1,2,1,1
S S S
g2,1,1,1
S S S
g2,2,1,1

P 0P 0S+S
g1,1,1,1
P P S
g1,2,1,1

+S

P P S
g2,1,1,1

+S

+S

P P S
g2,2,1,1

g2
4

S S S
g2,2,1,2

g 2 g 2

,
4
4

g 2 g 2
+
,
4
4

S S S
= g2,2,2,1

0S0

0 0

0P 0

S S P
= g1,1,2,1

0 0

0P 0

S S P
= g1,2,2,1

0 0

0P 0

S S P
= g2,1,2,1

0 0

0P 0

S S P
= g2,2,2,1

S S P
g1,1,1,2

S S P
g2,2,1,2

0P 0

=0,

S S P
g1,1,2,2

0P 0

=0,

S S P
g1,2,2,2

0P 0

=0,

S S P
g2,1,2,2

0P 0

=0,

S S P
g2,2,2,2

S 0S 0 S + S
g1,1,1,2

=0,

S S S
g1,2,1,2

=0,

S S S
g2,1,1,2

g 2 g 2
+
,
4
4

S0S0S+S
g1,1,2,1

0 0

+S

S S S
= g1,2,2,1

0 0

+S

S S S
= g2,1,2,1

0 0

+S

S S S
= g2,2,2,1

S S S
g2,2,1,2

+S

0P 0

0 0

0P 0

=0,

0 0

0P 0

0 0

0P 0

=0,
=

+S

+S

+S

S S S
= g2,2,2,2

+S

g 2 g 2

2
2
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S 0S 0 S + S
g1,1,2,2

g2
,
4
g2
= ,
4

0 0

+S

0 0

+S

0 0

+S

S S S
g1,2,2,2

S S S
g2,1,2,2
S S S
g2,2,2,2

=0,

P 0P 0 S + S
g1,1,2,2
P P S
g1,2,2,2

+S

P P S
g2,1,2,2

+S

+S

P P S
g2,2,2,2

3g 2 3g 2

4
4

g 2 g 2
+
,
4
4

0 0

=0,

g 2 g 2
P 0P 0 S + S
P 0P 0 S + S

, g1,1,1,2
= g1,1,2,1
=0,
=
4
4
g2
P 0P 0 S + S
P 0P 0 S + S
=0,
g1,2,1,2
= g1,2,2,1
= ,
4
g2
P 0P 0 S + S
P 0P 0 S + S
=0,
g2,1,1,2
= g2,1,2,1
= ,
4
2
2
g
g
P 0P 0 S + S
P 0P 0 S + S
+
, g2,2,1,2
= g2,2,2,1
=0,
=
4
4

0S0

g 2 g 2

4
4

3g 2 3g 2
P 0P 0P 0P 0
P 0P 0P 0P 0
P 0P 0 P 0 P 0

, g1,1,1,2
= g1,1,2,1
=0,
g1,1,2,2
4
4
g 2 g 2
P 0P 0 P 0 P 0
P 0P 0P 0P 0
P 0P 0P 0P 0
, g1,2,2,2
g1,2,1,2
= g1,2,2,1
= +
4
4
2
g 2
g
P 0P 0 P 0 P 0
P 0P 0P 0P 0
P 0P 0P 0P 0
, g2,1,2,2
g2,1,1,2
= g2,1,2,1
= +
4
4
2
g
P 0P 0P 0P 0
P 0P 0P 0P 0
P 0P 0 P 0 P 0
+
,
g2,2,1,2
= g2,2,2,1
=0,
g2,2,2,2
4

g 2 g 2

,
=
4
4

S S S
g1,1,1,1

0 0

S S S
g2,2,2,2

=0,

(211)

g 2 g 2
+
,
4
4

=0,
=0,
=

(212)
3g 2 3g 2

4
4

g 2 g 2
+
,
=
4
4
=0,
=0,
=

g 2 g 2

4
4
(213)

g 2 g 2
=
+
,
4
4
=0,
=0,
=

g 2 g 2

(214)
4
4

+S

S S S
= g1,2,2,1

+S

S S S
= g1,1,2,1

+S

S S S
= g2,1,2,1

S S S
g1,1,2,2
S S S
g1,1,1,2
S S S
g2,1,1,1

+S

S S S
= g2,1,1,2

+S

S S S
= g1,2,1,1

+S

S S S
= g2,1,2,2

+S

S S S
= g2,2,1,1

+S

S S S
= g1,2,1,2

+S

S S S
= g2,2,1,2

6.12

Ghost interactions

6.12.1

Ghost Ghost Gauge Boson

6.12.2

Ghost Ghost Higgs

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g 2 g 2
+
4
4

+S

+S

S S S
= g1,2,2,2

+S

S S S
= g2,2,2,1

+S

+S

=0
=0

(215)

Changelog
24/6/2011
Corrected misprints in Eq. 161, Eq. 162, Eq. 168, Eq. 169 and Eq. 170. We
thank R. Fonseca for pointing out these.
23/11/2010
Added the 3-point and 4-point Higgs self-interaction in sections 6.11.1 and
6.11.2.
18/11/2010
Added the HiggsSfermionSfermion couplings of section 6.7.1
16/11/2010
Changed the convention in Eq. (161) to write the couplings for Hi instead of
Hi+ . This leads to Eq. (177) and Eq. (178) in agreement with SPheno.
15/11/2010
Changed the convention of the left-handed rotation matrices for leptons, Eq. (90).
Corrected a misprint in Eq. (161).
L()

R()

Changed notation in Eq. (168) for CiAX and CiAX to be uniform with the
other terms.
Changed some of the couplings in Eqs. (169)-(176) to be consistent with the
previous changes.
All the couplings in Eqs (169)-(176) were checked against SPheno[9] with complete agreement.
16/2/2005
sin2 and cos2 were exchanged in Eq. 78.
28/11/2003
Corrected misprints in Eq. 96, Eq. 170, Eq. 171 and Eq. 172.
27/10/2002
Changed Version Number to 1.6.xxx corresponding to the year 2002.
Changed minor points in notation in Eq. 62 and related expressions.

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 31/8/2001
Corrected Q = T3 + Y in Eq. 43.
17/6/2001
Introduced the V V V and V V V V couplings.
27/5/2001
Introduced the version numbering convention.

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