On the F-term problem and quintessence supersymmetry breaking

Abstract Inspired by the stringy quintessence F-term problem we highlight a generic contribution to the effective moduli masses that arises due to kinetic mixings between the moduli and the quintessence sector. We then proceed to discuss few supergravity toy models that accommodate such effect, and...

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Main Author: Fotis Farakos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-04-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09085-w
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spelling doaj-3f156b444de54356984f20aee95d37272021-04-04T11:40:05ZengSpringerOpenEuropean Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields1434-60441434-60522021-04-0181411310.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09085-wOn the F-term problem and quintessence supersymmetry breakingFotis Farakos0Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia “Galileo Galilei”, Università di PadovaAbstract Inspired by the stringy quintessence F-term problem we highlight a generic contribution to the effective moduli masses that arises due to kinetic mixings between the moduli and the quintessence sector. We then proceed to discuss few supergravity toy models that accommodate such effect, and point out possible shortcomings. Interestingly, in the standard 2-derivative supergravity action there is no term to mediate the supersymmetry breaking from the kinetic quintessence sector to the gaugini and generate Majorana masses. Therefore we also propose a 2-derivative supersymmetric invariant that plays exactly this role.https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09085-w
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description Abstract Inspired by the stringy quintessence F-term problem we highlight a generic contribution to the effective moduli masses that arises due to kinetic mixings between the moduli and the quintessence sector. We then proceed to discuss few supergravity toy models that accommodate such effect, and point out possible shortcomings. Interestingly, in the standard 2-derivative supergravity action there is no term to mediate the supersymmetry breaking from the kinetic quintessence sector to the gaugini and generate Majorana masses. Therefore we also propose a 2-derivative supersymmetric invariant that plays exactly this role.
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