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R Symmetry Breaking Versus Supersymmetry Breaking

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abstract

We point out a connection between R symmetry and \susy\ breaking. We show that the existence of an R symmetry is a necessary condition for \susy\ breaking and a spontaneously broken R symmetry is a sufficient condition provided two conditions are satisfied. These conditions are: {\it genericity}, \ie\ the effective Lagrangian is a generic Lagrangian consistent with the symmetries of the theory (no fine tuning), and {\it calculability}, \ie\ the low energy theory can be described by a supersymmetric Wess-Zumino effective Lagrangian without gauge fields. All known models of dynamical supersymmetry breaking possess such a spontaneously broken R symmetry and therefore contain a potentially troublesome axion. However, we use the fact that genericity is {\it not} a feature of supersymmetric theories, even when nonperturbative renormalization is included, to show that the R symmetry can in many cases be explicitly broken without restoring supersymmetry and so the axion can be given an acceptably large mass.

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2026 2 2025 1

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An Intermediate Scale R-axion \& the QCD Axion

hep-th · 2026-07-07 · conditional · novelty 7.0

A mixed F- and D-term uplift in supergravity evades the Planckian lower bound on the R-axion decay constant, allowing it to be the QCD axion and dark matter.

Ultralight Dilatonic Dark Matter

hep-ph · 2025-06-26 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Supersymmetry can stabilize an ultralight dilaton dark matter candidate, but gravity restricts its Standard Model couplings to undetectable levels, making consistent model building involved.

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  • An Intermediate Scale R-axion \& the QCD Axion hep-th · 2026-07-07 · conditional · none · ref 63 · internal anchor

    A mixed F- and D-term uplift in supergravity evades the Planckian lower bound on the R-axion decay constant, allowing it to be the QCD axion and dark matter.

  • Search for Axion Like Particles produced via the Primakoff process at COMPASS hep-ph · 2026-04-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 7

    Reinterpretation of COMPASS data sets exclusion limits g_aγγ ≳ 10^{-1} GeV^{-1} at 95% CL for ALP masses 0.2-600 MeV by treating merged decay photons as contamination in the Compton sample.

  • Ultralight Dilatonic Dark Matter hep-ph · 2025-06-26 · unverdicted · none · ref 36 · internal anchor

    Supersymmetry can stabilize an ultralight dilaton dark matter candidate, but gravity restricts its Standard Model couplings to undetectable levels, making consistent model building involved.