Flat directions in the scalar potential of the supersymmetric standard model

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DOI10.1016/0550-3213(96)00095-8zbMATH Open1002.81567arXivhep-ph/9510370OpenAlexW3098254782MaRDI QIDQ1912464FDOQ1912464


Authors: Tony Gherghetta, Chris Kolda, Stephen P. Martin Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 7 May 1996

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The scalar potential of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) is nearly flat along many directions in field space. We provide a catalog of the flat directions of the renormalizable and supersymmetry-preserving part of the scalar potential of the MSSM, using the correspondence between flat directions and gauge-invariant polynomials of chiral superfields. We then study how these flat directions are lifted by non-renormalizable terms in the superpotential, with special attention given to the subtleties associated with the family index structure. Several flat directions are lifted only by supersymmetry-breaking effects and by supersymmetric terms in the scalar potential of surprisingly high dimensionality.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9510370




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