Gauge Mediation in F-Theory GUT Models

Aug, 2008
40 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 80 (2009) 046006
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Report number:
  • CALT-68-2691

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We study a simple framework for gauge-mediated supersymmetry-breaking in local GUT models based on F-theory 7-branes and demonstrate that a mechanism for solving both the \mu and \mu/B_{\mu} problems emerges in a natural way. In particular, a straightforward coupling of the messengers to the Higgs sector leads to a geometry which not only provides us with an approximate U(1)_{PQ} symmetry that forbids the generation of \mu at the GUT scale, it also forces the SUSY-breaking spurion field to carry a nontrivial PQ charge. This connects the breaking of SUSY to the generation of \mu so that the same scale enters both. Moreover, the messenger sector naturally realizes the D3-instanton triggered Polonyi model of arXiv:0808.1286 so this scale is exponentially suppressed relative to M_{GUT}. The effective action at low scales is in fact precisely of the form of the 'sweet spot supersymmetry' scenario studied by Ibe and Kitano in arXiv:0705.3686.
  • 12.60.Jv
  • 11.25.Mj
  • 12.10.Dm
  • mediation: gauge
  • grand unified theory: messenger
  • supersymmetry: symmetry breaking
  • F-theory
  • effective action
  • symmetry: U(1)
  • membrane model: D-brane
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