On Quadratic Divergences in Supergravity, Vacuum Energy and the Supersymmetric Flavor Problem

dc.creatorGaillard, Mary K.
dc.creatorNelson, Brent D.
dc.date2005-11-18
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dc.descriptionWe examine the phenomenological consequences of quadratically divergent contributions to the scalar potential in supergravity effective Lagrangians. We focus specifically on the effect of these corrections on the vacuum configuration of scalar fields in softly-broken supersymmetric theories and the role these corrections play in generating non-diagonal soft scalar masses. Both effects can only be properly studied when the divergences are regulated in a manifestly supersymmetric manner -- something which has thus far been neglected in past treatments. We show how a supersymmetric regularization can impact past conclusions about both types of phenomena and discuss what types of high-energy theories are likely to be safe from unwanted flavor-changing neutral current interactions in the context of supergravity theories derived from heterotic string compactifications.
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0511234
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0511234
dc.identifierNucl.Phys.B751:75-107,2006
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.05.035
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/189054
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleOn Quadratic Divergences in Supergravity, Vacuum Energy and the Supersymmetric Flavor Problem
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