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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.
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Farakos, F., Kehagias, A., Racco, D. et al. Scanning of the supersymmetry breaking scale and the gravitino mass in supergravity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 120 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2016)120
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