Spontaneous Breaking of Extended Supersymmetry in Global and Local Theories

Abstract

We review the "no-go" theorems that severely constrain the breaking of N=2 supersymmetry to N=1 (both in rigid supersymmetry and supergravity), and we exhibit some models that evade them.

Contribution to the proceedings of the Spring School and Workshop on String Theory, Gauge Theory and Quantum Gravity, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, March 18-29,1996. Latex file, uses espcrc2.sty and epsf.sty

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