Implications of initial LHC searches for supersymmetry.

The CMS and ATLAS Collaborations have recently published the results of initial direct LHC searches for supersymmetry analyzing ∼35/pb of data taken at 7 TeV in the centre of mass. We incorporate these results into a frequentist analysis of the probable ranges of parameters of simple versions of the minimal supersymmetric extension of the Standard Model (MSSM), namely the constrained MSSM (CMSSM), a model with common non-universal Higgs masses (NUHM1), the very constrained MSSM (VCMSSM) and minimal supergravity (mSUGRA). We present updated predictions for the gluino mass, $m_{\tilde{g}}$, the light-Higgs boson mass, M, BR( B→ μ μ) and the spin-independent dark matter scattering cross section, $\sigma^{\mathrm{SI}}_{p}$. The CMS and ATLAS data make inroads into the CMSSM, NUHM1 and VCMSSM (but not mSUGRA) parameter spaces, thereby strengthening previous lower limits on sparticle masses and upper limits on $\sigma^{\mathrm{SI}}_{p}$ in the CMSSM and VCMSSM. The favoured ranges of BR( B→ μ μ) in the CMSSM, VCMSSM and mSUGRA are close to the Standard Model, but considerably larger values of BR( B→ μ μ) are possible in the NUHM1. Applying the CMS and ATLAS constraints improves the consistency of the model predictions for M with the LEP exclusion limits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]