Quantum induced soft supersymmetry breaking in supergravity

Apr, 2000
19 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 588 (2000) 197-212
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Report number:
  • LBNL-45489,
  • UCB-PTH-00-12,
  • LBL-45489,
  • UCB-PTH-00

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We calculate the one-loop quantum contributions to soft supersymmetry breaking terms in the scalar potential in supergravity theories regulated \`a la Pauli-Villars. We find ``universal'' contributions, independent of the regulator masses and tree level soft supersymmetry breaking, that contribute gaugino masses and A-terms equal to the ``anomaly mediated'' contributions found in analyses using spurion techniques, as well as a scalar mass term not identified in those analyses. The universal terms are in general modified -- and in some cases canceled -- by model-dependent terms. Under certain restrictions on the couplings we recover the one-loop results of previous ``anomaly mediated'' supersymmetry breaking scenarios. We emphasize the model dependence of loop-induced soft terms in the potential, which are much more sensitive to the details of Planck scale physics then are the one-loop contributions to gaugino masses. We discuss the relation of our results to previous analyses.
Note:
  • 18 pages. This replacement corrects eqs. (7) and (31) and adds clarifying comments after eq. (11) and before eq. (18)
  • supergravity
  • supersymmetry: superfield
  • supersymmetry: symmetry breaking
  • potential: Kaehler
  • perturbation theory: higher-order
  • regularization: Pauli-Villars