G'Day Ron .. up to the mods now, I guess ..
MSSM: Interesting .. it seems that there's almost no chance of the LHC in its current design, of completely eliminating the MSSM theory, anyway ...
Check out
this paper … (June 2011) ...
Quote:
Conclusions:
The pMSSM posterior samples have MSSM spectra with several distinct characteristics. A large splitting between the lightest squark and the LSP is usually assumed as the main characteristic feature of SUSY spectrum. This scenario is indeed very probable as can be seen from Fig. 2(a). However, there is a significant region where the mass difference is small (comparable to the top-quark mass) as in the peak in ∆Mmin around 10 to 25 GeV.
A SUSY scenario with the latter pattern would be difficult to exclude by the LHC experiments due to the nature of the detectors’ trigger system. One can conclude that, the LHC with current running parameters cannot rule out the MSSM unless special trigger systems are commissioned or if a Higgs boson is found with mass outside the generic MSSM prediction.
In the case where a Higgs boson is found and with mass in the range valid for the MSSM points then the discovery or exclusion of models illustrated here would most likely have to await the operation of a linear collider.
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Given that they haven't found evidence for the Higgs yet, and given the scenario where it might still be inside of the expected mass range, it would seem there may still be the possibility that the LHC isn't presently able to even conclusively rule out the MSSM !??!!
I really think we're seeing a media circus surrounding anything to do with LHC findings.
The human expectations are way beyond 'normal', and the media is playing that up to the hilt !
Another case of an area of science being hijacked by the media (and politics) ?
This could easily backfire badly on the Particle Physics research space. They need to manage media releases much more carefully than they have been, (IMHO).
Cheers