Partial ${cal N}=2$ Supersymmetry Breaking and Deformed Hypermultiplets


Abstract in English

We study partial supersymmetry breaking from ${cal N}=2$ to ${cal N}=1$ by adding non-linear terms to the ${cal N}=2$ supersymmetry transformations. By exploiting the necessary existence of a deformed supersymmetry algebra for partial breaking to occur, we systematically use ${cal N}=2$ projective superspace with central charges to provide a streamlined setup. For deformed ${cal O}(2)$ and ${cal O}(4)$ hypermultiplets, besides reproducing known results, we describe new models exhibiting partial supersymmetry breaking with and without higher-derivative interactions.

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