``Induced'' Super-Symmetry Breaking with a Vanishing Vacuum Energy
arXiv:hep-th/9612122 · doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00365-9
Abstract
A new mechanism for symmetry breaking is proposed which naturally avoids the constraints following from the usual theorems of symmetry breaking. In the context of super-symmetry, for example, the breaking may be consistent with a vanishing vacuum energy. A 2+1 dimensional super-symmetric gauge field theory is explicitly shown to break super-symmetry through this mechanism while maintaining a zero vacuum energy. This mechanism may provide a solution to two long standing problems, namely, dynamical super-symmetry breaking and the cosmological constant problem.
12 pages, Latex