THE SUPERSYMMETRIC HIGGS FOR HEAVY SUPERPARTNERS

In a general softly broken supersymmetric theory with Higgs doublets only, we calculate the radiative corrections to the mass of the lightest neutral Higgs boson in the particular case where all the extra particles introduced by supersymmetry are close in mass and all heavier than the Fermi scale. In this situation the corrections are large and trivially calculable. We also consider the limiting case in which all the superpartners become arbitrarily heavy. The connection of these considerations with the Higgs of the standard model is elucidated.