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The G 2-MSSM is a model of particle physics coupled to moduli fields with interesting phenomenology both for colliders and astrophysical experiments. In this paper we consider a more general model—whose moduli Kahler potential is a completely arbitrary G 2-holonomy Kahler potential and whose matter Kahler potential is also more general. We prove that the vacuum structure and spectrum of BSM particles is largely unchanged in this much more general class of theories. In particular, gaugino masses are still suppressed relative to the gravitino mass and moduli masses. We also consider the effects of higher order corrections to the matter Kahler potential and find a connection between the nature of the LSP and flavor effects.
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Acharya, B.S., Bobkov, K. Kahler independence of the G 2-MSSM. J. High Energ. Phys. 2010, 1 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2010)001
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