Decoupling Properties of MSSM particles in Higgs and Top Decays

Abstract

We study the supersymmetric (SUSY) QCD radiative corrections, at the one-loop level, to $h^0$, $H^{\pm}$ and t quark decays, in the context of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) and in the decoupling limit. The decoupling behaviour of the various MSSM sectors is analyzed in some special cases, where some or all of the SUSY mass parameters become large as compared to the electroweak scale. We show that in the decoupling limit of both large SUSY mass parameters and large CP-odd Higgs mass, the $Γ(h^0\to b \bar b)$ decay width approaches its Standard Model value at one loop, with the onset of decoupling being delayed for large $\tanβ$ values. However, this decoupling does not occur if just the SUSY mass parameters are taken large. A similar interesting non-decoupling behaviour, also enhanced by $\tanβ$, is found in the SUSY-QCD corrections to the $Γ(H^+\to t \bar b)$ decay width at one loop. In contrast, the SUSY-QCD corrections in the $Γ(t\to W^+ b)$ decay width do decouple and this decoupling is fast.