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LHC and dark matter implications of t−b−τ Yukawa unification in split SUSY GUTs

Mureed Hussain*

Rizwan Khalid†

Cem Salih Un‡

  • *Contact author: mhussain617@gmail.com
  • †Contact author: rizwan_khalid@lums.edu.pk
  • ‡Contact author: cemsalihun@uludag.edu.tr
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Phys. Rev. D 113, 015044 – Published 30 January, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/pf9d-63hk

Abstract

We investigate a grand unification inspired version of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) based on a left-right symmetric 4−2−2 gauge group, incorporating Yukawa coupling unification and current phenomenological constraints. Utilizing a split soft supersymmetry-breaking parameter space motivated by flavor symmetries, we analyze the implications of recent results from ATLAS, CMS, LHCb, and dark matter direct detection experiments. Our numerical scans, conducted with sarah and spheno, identify viable low-energy regions consistent with third-generation Yukawa unification, the observed Higgs boson mass, dark matter relic density, and flavor observables such as B→Xsγ, Bs→μ+μ− and Bu→τντ. Our findings suggest that while current bounds severely constrain much of the MSSM-like parameter space, substantial regions remain experimentally viable and testable in the ongoing LHC run and next-generation dark matter experiments.

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Phys. Rev. D 113, 015044– Published 30 January, 2026
  • Received 4 July 2025
  • Accepted 23 December 2025
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