Vanishing Renormalization of the D Term in Supersymmetric U(1) Theories

Jun, 1981
9 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 47 (1981) 757
Report number:
  • SLAC-PUB-2760

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Abstract: (APS)
The breaking of supersymmetry can be implemented by the D term. This term can be quadratically divergent, ruining the possibility of naturally large hierarchies. According to Witten this does not occur if the U(1) gauge group is unified in a semisimple group. We show that sufficient conditions for the D counterterm to vanish are less restrictive than grand unification and only require a vanishing trace of the U(1) charge. No cancellation between high-energy and low-energy scales is involved.
  • SUPERSYMMETRY
  • SYMMETRY BREAKING
  • RENORMALIZATION
  • FIELD THEORY: U(1)