Improved mass constraints in the MSSM from vacuum stability
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Using a simple numerical method, we compute the stability of the MSSM vacuum with respect to tunneling. The stability criterion is then used to put restrictions on the mass parameters. These restrictions are necessary conditions for the vacuum stability and compliment the existing sufficiency conditions obtained analytically. e-mail address: [email protected] e-mail address: [email protected] e-mail address: [email protected]
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