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The discovery of a SM-like Higgs boson near 125 GeV and the flavor texture of the Standard Model motivate the investigation of supersymmetric quiver-like BSM extensions. We study the properties of such a minimal class of models which deals naturally with the SM parameters. Considering experimental bounds as well as constraints from flavor physics and Electro-Weak Precision Data, we find the following. In a self-contained minimal model — including the full dynamics of the Higgs sector — top squarks below a TeV are in tension with b → sγ constraints. Relaxing the assumption concerning the mass generation of the heavy Higgses, we find that a stop not far from half a TeV is allowed. The models have some unique properties, e.g. an enhancement of the h → \( b\overline{b} \) , \( \tau \overline{\tau} \) decays relative to the h → γγ one, a gluino about 3 times heavier than the stop, an inverted hierarchy of about 3 ÷ 20 between the squarks of the first two generations and the stop, relatively light Higgsino neutralino or stau NLSP, as well as heavy Higgses and a W ′ which may be within reach of the LHC.
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Auzzi, R., Giveon, A., Gudnason, S.B. et al. A light stop with flavor in natural SUSY. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 169 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2013)169
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