Duality after supersymmetry breaking

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:289589

Shadmi, Yael ^[1]; Cheng, Hsin-Chia ^[2]

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1. Weizmann Inst.
2. Fermilab

Starting with two supersymmetric dual theories, we imagine adding a chiral perturbation that breaks supersymmetry dynamically. At low energy we then get two theories with soft supersymmetry-breaking terms that are generated dynamically. With a canonical Kahler potential, some of the scalars of the "magnetic" theory typically have negative mass-squared, and the vector-like symmetry is broken. Since for large supersymmetry breaking the "electric" theory becomes ordinary QCD, the two theories are then incompatible. For small supersymmetry breaking, if duality still holds, the magnetic theory analysis implies specific patterns of chiral symmetry breaking in supersymmetric QCD with small soft masses.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 289589
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-98-147-T; WIS-98-11-DPP; arXiv:hep-th/9806076; oai:inspirehep.net:471637
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DUALITY
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY BREAKING