Scanning of the supersymmetry breaking scale and the gravitino mass in supergravity. (English) Zbl 1388.83798
Summary: We consider the minimal three-form \( \mathcal{N} =1\) supergravity coupled to nilpotent three-form chiral superfields. The supersymmetry breaking is sourced by the three-forms of the chiral multiplets, while the value of the gravitino mass is controlled by the three-form of the supergravity multiplet. The three-forms can nucleate membranes which scan both the supersymmetry breaking scale and the gravitino mass. The peculiar supergravity feature that the cosmological constant is the sum of a posictive contribution from the super-symmetry breaking scale and a negative contribution from the gravitino mass makes the cosmological constant jump. This can lead to a phenomenologically allowed small value of the cosmological constant even though the supersymmetry breaking scale and the gravitino mass are dynamically large.
MSC:
| 83E50 | Supergravity |
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