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Comments on Quantum Effects in Supergravity Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-13 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We elucidate the physics underlying ``anomaly mediation'', giving several alternative derivations of the formulas for gaugino and scalar masses. We stress that this phenomenon is of a type familiar in field theory, and does not represent an anomaly, nor does it depend on supersymmetry breaking and its mediation. Analogous phenomena are common in QFT and this particular phenomenon occurs also in supersymmetric theories without gravity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0701023,
  title  = {Comments on Quantum Effects in Supergravity Theories},
  author = {Michael Dine and Nathan Seiberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0701023},
  year   = {2009}
}

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21 pages