Lectures on supersymmetry breaking

2007/02/28 by Kenneth Intriligator, Nathan Seiberg · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum #Quantum mechanics #Semiclassical physics #Superspace #Supersymmetry #Supersymmetry breaking #Symmetry breaking #Theoretical physics #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/24/21/s02

published as Class.Quant.Grav.24:S741-S772,2007 · 47 pages. v2: minor corrections

arxiv created 2007/04/24 · openalex publication_date 2007/10/15 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We review the subject of spontaneous supersymmetry breaking. First we consider supersymmetry breaking in a semiclassical theory. We illustrate it with several examples, demonstrating different phenomena, including metastable supersymmetry breaking. Then we give a brief review of the dynamics of supersymmetric gauge theories. Finally, we use this dynamics to present various mechanisms for dynamical supersymmetry breaking. This paper is based on lectures given by the authors in 2007, at various schools.

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