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# Scanning of the supersymmetry breaking scale and the gravitino mass in supergravity

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Farakos, Fotis
Published in Journal of High Energy Physics. 2016, vol. 1606, p. 120-140
Collection Open Access - SCOAP3
Abstract We consider the minimal three-form N $$\mathcal{N}$$ = 1 supergravity coupled to nilpotent three-form chiral superfields. The supersymmetry breaking is sourced by the three-forms of the chiral multiplets, while the value of the gravitino mass is controlled by the three-form of the supergravity multiplet. The three-forms can nucleate membranes which scan both the supersymmetry breaking scale and the gravitino mass. The peculiar supergravity feature that the cosmological constant is the sum of a posictive contribution from the super-symmetry breaking scale and a negative contribution from the gravitino mass makes the cosmological constant jump. This can lead to a phenomenologically allowed small value of the cosmological constant even though the supersymmetry breaking scale and the gravitino mass are dynamically large.
Keywords P-branesSupergravity ModelsSupersymmetry Breaking
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arXiv: 1605.07631
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FARAKOS, Fotis et al. Scanning of the supersymmetry breaking scale and the gravitino mass in supergravity. In: Journal of High Energy Physics, 2016, vol. 1606, p. 120-140. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:84914

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