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A sufficient condition for counterexamples to the Nelson-Seiberg theorem

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-10-28 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

Several counterexample models to the Nelson-Seiberg theorem have been discovered in previous literature, with generic superpotentials respecting the R-symmetry and non-generic R-charge assignments for chiral fields. This work present a sufficient condition for such counterexample models: The number of R-charge 2 fields, which is greater than the number of R-charge 0 fields, must be less than or equal to the number of R-charge 0 fields plus the number of independent field pairs with opposite R-charges and satisfying some extra requirements. We give a correct count of such field pairs when there are multiple field pairs with degenerated R-charges. These models give supersymmetric vacua with spontaneous R-symmetry breaking, thus are counterexamples to both the Nelson-Seiberg theorem and its extensions.

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@article{arxiv.2106.08879,
  title  = {A sufficient condition for counterexamples to the Nelson-Seiberg theorem},
  author = {Zheng Sun and Zipeng Tan and Lu Yang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.08879},
  year   = {2021}
}

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12 pages; v2: typos; v3: typos, JHEP pre-publication version

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