Partial supersymmetry breaking and \(\mathcal N=2\) \(U(N_c)\) gauge model with hypermultiplets in harmonic superspace (Q877425)

We provide a manifestly \(\mathcal N=2\) source supersymmetric formulation of the \(\mathcal N=2\) \(U(N_c)\) gauge model constructed in terms of \(\mathcal N=1\) superfields in [the authors, Prog. Theor. Phys. 113, 429--455 (2005; Zbl 1071.81084), hep-th/0409060]. The model is composed of \(\mathcal N=2\) source vector multiplets in harmonic superspace and can be viewed as the \(\mathcal N=2\) \(U(N_c)\) Yang-Mills effective action equipped with the electric and magnetic Fayet-Iliopoulos terms. We generalize this gauge model to an \(\mathcal N=2\) \(U(N_c)\) QCD model by introducing \(\mathcal N=2\) hypermultiplets in harmonic superspace which include both the fundamental representation of \(U(N_c)\) and the adjoint representation of \(U(N_c)\). The effect of the magnetic Fayet-Iliopoulos term is to shift the auxiliary field by an imaginary constant. Examining vacua of the model, we show that \(\mathcal N=2\) supersymmetry is spontaneously broken down to \(\mathcal N=1\) .