Spontaneously broken N = 2 supergravity without light mirror fermions

L. Girardello, M. Porrati, A. Zaffaroni

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    Abstract

    We present a spontaneously broken N = 2 supergravity model that reduces, in the flat limit MPlanck → ∞, to a globally supersymmetric N = 2 system with explicit soft supersymmetry breaking terms. These soft terms generate a mass O(Mw) for mirror quarks and leptons, while leaving the physical fermions light, thereby overcoming one of the major obstacles towards the construction of a realistic N = 2 model of elementary interactions.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)272-290
    Number of pages19
    JournalNuclear Physics B
    Volume505
    Issue number1-2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Nov 10 1997

    Keywords

    • Mirror fermions
    • Spontaneous supersymmetry breaking
    • Supergravity

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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