English

Notes on SUSY and R-Symmetry Breaking in Wess-Zumino Models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-05-01 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study aspects of Wess-Zumino models related to SUSY and R-symmetry breaking at tree-level. We present a recipe for constructing a wide class of tree-level SUSY and R-breaking models. We also deduce a general property shared by all tree-level SUSY breaking models that has broad application to model building. In particular, it explains why many models of direct gauge mediation have anomalously light gauginos (even if the R-symmetry is broken spontaneously by an order one amount). This suggests new approaches to dynamical SUSY breaking which can generate large enough gaugino masses.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.0902.0030,
  title  = {Notes on SUSY and R-Symmetry Breaking in Wess-Zumino Models},
  author = {Zohar Komargodski and David Shih},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.0030},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

23 pages. v2: references added, minor changes. v3: comment on non-renormalizable case added