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In the previous section, we compared the magnitude of the SUSY threshold corrections to the bottom quark mass. Particularly, we have shown that the various approximations made to obtain the common form in \[Eq:common-app\] all seem to be valid approximations with the exception of neglecting the $B_1^{\widetilde{g}}$ terms in the gluino-sbottom contribution and possibly the contributions from the Higgses. In this section, we will highlight some of the consequences of including these terms in the corrections to the bottom quark mass.

Fits to the bottom quark mass {#fits-to-the-bottom-quark-mass .unnumbered}
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A good choice of scale to integrate out the massive SUSY particles is the $M_Z$ scale. At the $M_Z$ threshold one then has to match the value of $m_b$ before and after integrating out the massive states. This leads to the relation m\_b(M\_Z)\^[SM]{} = m\_b(M\_Z)\^[MSSM]{}(1 + m\_b/m\_b) \[eq:thresholds\] . $m_b(M_Z)^{\rm below}$ can be determined by taking the value of $m_b(m_b) = 4.19$ GeV and running it to the $M_Z$ scale. This is evaluated using the package to be $m_b(M_Z)^{\rm below} = 2.69$ GeV. The hope then is that the right choice of bottom Yukawa coupling and the appropriate set of SUSY boundary conditions at some UV scale will give rise to the necessary $m_b(M_Z)^{\rm above}$ and $\Delta m_b/m_b$ to satisfy \[eq:thresholds\].

When fitting the bottom quark mass, it is common to use the full, exact one-loop correction. This is done in most numerical spectrum calculators, such as  [@Allanach:2014nba] and  [@Porod:2003um]. Physical interpretations are often based however on the approximate formula given in \[Eq:common-app\]. As was shown in the previous section, additional terms, namely the $B_1^{\widetilde{g}}$ terms from the gluino-sbottom contributions and the contributions from the Higgses, should also be included for a full description. These “missing" terms contribute $\sim$12% to the correction. 