TY - JOUR
T1 - Supersymmetry at ordinary energies. II. R invariance, Goldstone bosons, and gauge-fermion masses
AU - Farrar, Glennys R.
AU - Weinberg, Steven
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - We explore the observable consequences of supersymmetry, under the assumption that it is broken spontaneously at energies of order 300 GeV. Theories of this sort tend automatically to obey a global R symmetry, which presents us with a choice among phenomenologically unacceptable alternatives. If the R symmetry is broken by scalar vacuum expectation values of order 300 GeV, there will be a semiweakly coupled light Goldstone boson, similar to an axion. If it is not broken by such vacuum expectation values but is broken by quantum-chromodynamic (QCD) anomalies, then there will be a light ninth pseudoscalar meson. If it is not broken by QCD anomalies, then the asymptotic freedom of QCD is lost at high energies, killing the hope of an eventual meeting of the electroweak and strong couplings within the regime of validity of perturbation theory. We also confront the problem of an uncomfortably light gluino. A general analysis of gaugino masses shows that the gluino mass is at most of order 1 GeV, and in many cases much less.
AB - We explore the observable consequences of supersymmetry, under the assumption that it is broken spontaneously at energies of order 300 GeV. Theories of this sort tend automatically to obey a global R symmetry, which presents us with a choice among phenomenologically unacceptable alternatives. If the R symmetry is broken by scalar vacuum expectation values of order 300 GeV, there will be a semiweakly coupled light Goldstone boson, similar to an axion. If it is not broken by such vacuum expectation values but is broken by quantum-chromodynamic (QCD) anomalies, then there will be a light ninth pseudoscalar meson. If it is not broken by QCD anomalies, then the asymptotic freedom of QCD is lost at high energies, killing the hope of an eventual meeting of the electroweak and strong couplings within the regime of validity of perturbation theory. We also confront the problem of an uncomfortably light gluino. A general analysis of gaugino masses shows that the gluino mass is at most of order 1 GeV, and in many cases much less.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.27.2732
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.27.2732
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0001326560
VL - 27
SP - 2732
EP - 2746
JO - Physical review D: Particles and fields
JF - Physical review D: Particles and fields
SN - 1550-7998
IS - 11
ER -