1996/08/22 by Erich Poppitz, Lisa Randall
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Holomorphic function #Massless particle #Mathematical physics #Mathematics #Moduli space #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Perturbation theory (quantum mechanics) #Physics #Pure mathematics #Quantum mechanics #Superpotential #Supersymmetry #Theoretical physics #Vacuum state #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(96)01270-1
published as Phys.Lett.B389:280-286,1996 · 9 pages, LaTeX, 1 .ps figure, psfig.sty included
arxiv created 1996/08/22 · openalex publication_date 1996/12/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
It has been argued that the superpotential can be renormalized in the presence of massless particles. Possible implications which have been considered include the restoration of supersymmetry at higher loops or a shift to a supersymmetric vacuum state. We argue that even in the presence of massless particles, there are no new contributions to the superpotential at any order in perturbation theory. This confirms the utility of the Wilsonian superpotential for analyzing the moduli space of the low energy theory.