FEYNHIGGS 2.

1: HIGH PRECISION CALCULATIONS IN THE

MSSM HIGGS SECTOR
T. Hahn1 , S. Heinemeyer2 , W. Hollik1 , G. Weiglein3
1 Max-Planck-Institut f
ur Physik, Fohringer Ring 6, D80805 Munich, Germany
2 CERN, TH Division, CH1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
3 Institute for Particle Physics Phenomenology, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UK
Abstract
FeynHiggs 2.1 is a Fortran code for the evaluations within the Higgs-boson sector of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) including possible complex phases. Besides the masses and mixing angles, all relevant decay
widths for the neutral and charged Higgs bosons are evaluated. The code can
easily be linked to other Fortran codes, it can be used as a stand-alone code, or
it can be called from Mathematica.
1.

INTRODUCTION

The search for the lightest Higgs boson is a crucial test of Supersymmetry (SUSY) which can be performed with the present and the next generation of accelerators. Especially for the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) a precise prediction for the masses of the Higgs bosons and their decay
widths to other particles in terms of the relevant SUSY parameters is necessary in order to determine the
discovery and exclusion potential of the upgraded Tevatron, and for physics at the LHC and future linear
colliders.
In the case of the MSSM with complex parameters (cMSSM) the task is even more involved.
Several parameters can have non-vanishing phases. In particular, these are the Higgs mixing parameter,
, the trilinear couplings, Af , f = t, b, , . . ., and the gaugino masses M1 , M2 , and M3 mg (the
gluino mass). Furthermore the neutral Higgs bosons are no longer CP-eignestates, but mix with each
other once loop corrections are taken into account [1].
(h, H, A) h1 , h2 , h3 with mh1 mh2 mh3 .

(1)

The input parameters within the Higgs sector are then (besides the Standard Model (SM) ones) tan ,
the ratio of the two vacuum expectation values, and the mass of the charge Higgs boson, MH .
2.

THE CODE FeynHiggs 2.1

FeynHiggs 2.1 [2] is a Fortran code for the evaluation of masses and mixing angles in the MSSM with
real or complex parameters. The calculation of the higher-order corrections is based on the Feynmandiagrammatic (FD) approach [3]. At the one-loop level, it consists a complete evalutaion, including
the full momentum dependence. The renormalization has been performed in a hybrid MS /on-shell
scheme [4]. At the two-loop level all existing corrections from the real MSSM have been included
(see Ref. [5] for a review). They are supplemented by the resummation of the leading effects from the
(scalar) b sector including the full complex phase dependence.
Besides the evaluation of the Higgs-boson masses and mixing angles, the program also includes
the evaluation of all relevant Higgs-boson decay widths. These are in particular:
the total width for the three neutral and the charged Higgs boson,
BR(H + f f),
the BRs of the Higgs bosons to SM fermions (see also Ref. [6]), BR(hi f f),
the to SM gauge bosons (possibly off-shell), BR(hi , ZZ , W W , gg),

 the decay into gauge and Higgs bosons, BR(hi Zhj ), BR(hi hj hk ), BR(H + hi W + ),

the decay to scalar fermions, BR(hi ff), BR(H + ff ),

0 0
the decay of the Higgs bosons to gauginos, BR(hi
k j ), BR(hi l m ),
0
BR(H + +
k l ).
For comparisons with the SM the following quantities are also evaluated for SM Higgs bosons with the
same mass as the three neutral MSSM Higgs bosons:
the total decay widths,
the BRs of a SM Higgs boson to SM fermions,
the BRs of a SM Higgs boson to SM gauge bosons (possibly off-shell).
In addition, the following couplings and cross sections are evaluated
the coupling of Higgs and gauge bosons, gV V hi , gV hi hj ,
the Higgs-boson self couplings, ghi hj hk ,
the Higgs-boson production cross section at a collider, ( hi ).
Finally as external constraints are evaluated
the -parameter up to the two-loop level [7] that indicates disfavored scalar top and bottom masses
the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, including a full one-loop calculation as well as
leading and subleading two-loop corrections [8].
Comparing our results to existing codes like Hdecay [9] (for the real case) or CPsuperH [10] (for
the cMSSM), we find differences in the mass evaluations for the lightest Higgs boson of O(4 GeV).
These are due to the inclusion of higher-order corrections in FeynHiggs 2.1 that shift the lightest Higgsboson mass upwards. Concerning the BR evaluation (and compensating for the effects from the different
Higgs-boson masses) we find quantitative and qualitative agreement. For more details see Ref. [2].

FeynHiggs 2.1 possesses some further features that can be summarizes as,
transformation of the input parameters from the DR to the on-shell scheme (for the scalar top and
bottom parameters), including the full O(s ) and O(t,b ) corrections.
processing of Les Houches Accord (LHA) data [11]. FeynHiggs 2.1 reads the output of a spectrum
generator file and evaluates the Higgs boson masses, brachning ratios etc. The results are written
in the LHA format to a new output file.
the SPS benchmark scenarios [12] and the Les Houches benchmarks for Higgs boson searches at
hadron colliders [13] are given as a possibly predefined input
detailed information about all the features of FeynHiggs 2.1 (see also the next section) are provided
in man pages.
3.

HOW TO INSTALL AND USE FeynHiggs 2.1

To take advantage of all features of FeynHiggs 2.1, the LoopTools library [14] needs to be installed,
which can be obtained from www.feynarts.de/looptools. Without this library, FeynHiggs 2.1 will still
compile, but not all branching ratios will be available.
Download the package from www.feynhiggs.de.
Say ./configure and make. This creates libFH.a and the command-line frontend.
To build also the Mathematica frontend, say make all.
There are three different ways to use FeynHiggs 2.1.
3.1

The Fortran library

The libFH.a library can be linked directly to other Fortran programs. To avoid naming conflicts, all
externally visible symbols have been prefixed with fh. No include files are needed since the user calls
only subroutines (no functions). Detailed descriptions of the invocations of the subroutines are given in
the respective man pages.

3.2

The command-line frontend

The FeynHiggs executable is a command-line frontend to the libFH.a library. It reads the parameters
from an ASCII input file and writes the output in a human-readable form to the screen. Alternatively,
this output can be piped through a filter to yield a machine-readable version appropriate for plotting
etc. The parameter file is fairly flexible and allows to define also loops over parameters. Also the LesHouches-Accord file format can be read and written.
3.3

The Mathematica frontend

The MFeynHiggs executable provides access to the libFH.a functions from Mathematica via the MathLink protocol. This is particularly convenient both because FeynHiggs 2.1 be be used interactively this
way and because Mathematicas sophisticated numerical and graphical tools, e.g. FindMinimum, are
available.
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