Muon magnetic dipole moment and Higgs mass in supersymmetric SU(5) models

We study the muon magnetic dipole moment and the Higgs mass in the framework of the supersymmetric SU(5) models. In this analysis, all the relevant parameters in the Lagrangian are taken to be free; in particular, assumption of the universal scalar mass is not adopted. Negative search for (lie Higgs boson at the LEP II experiment sets an important constraint on the supersymmetric contribution to the inuon magnetic dipole moment a(mu)(SUSY). It is shown that, for a fixed value of the lightest Higgs mass, the maximum possible value of a(mu)(SUSY) becomes significantly larger in the general SU(5) case compared to the case of the universal scalar mass (i.e., the case of the so-called "CMSSM"). We also point out that, if we take relatively large value of the trilinear scalar couplings, the constraint from the Higgs mass is drastically relaxed. In this case, ay SUSY) can be as large as similar to 50 x 10(-10) even for small value of tan beta (say, for tan beta = 5). (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.