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Spontaneous R-symmetry breaking with multiple pseudomoduli

David Curtin1, Zohar Komargodski2, David Shih3, and Yuhsin Tsai4

  • 1YITP, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
  • 2Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel and Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
  • 3NHETC, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
  • 4Department of Physics, LEPP, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA

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Phys. Rev. D 85, 125031 – Published 21 June, 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.85.125031

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.

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Phys. Rev. D 85, 125031– Published 21 June, 2012
  • Received 8 April 2012
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