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Spontaneous R -symmetry breaking with multiple pseudomoduli

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: We examine generalized O'Raifeartaigh models that feature multiple tree-level flat directions and only contain fields with $R$-charges 0 or 2. We show that spontaneous $R$-breaking at up to one-loop order is impossible in such theories. Specifically, we prove that the $R$-symmetric origin of field space is always a local minimum of the one-loop Coleman-Weinberg potential, generalizing an earlier result for the case of a single flat direction. This result has consequences for phenomenology and helps elucidate the behavior of various models of dynamical supersymmetry breaking.

Source: Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.85.125031

Authors: David Curtin, Zohar Komargodski, David Shih, Yuhsin Tsai

Institutions: Stony Brook University, Institute for Advanced Study, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Cornell University

Language: English

Topic: Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Science Foundation

OpenAlex ID: W2130272002

FWCI: 1.297

Cites: 23

Cited by: 19

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