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We study \( \mathcal{N} \) = 1 models in which supersymmetry and R-symmetry are broken spontaneously. We find that even the simplest well-known O’Raifeartaigh-like models exhibit previously unnoticed phases and dynamics. D-terms play an important role in the dynamics, creating a runaway behavior at tree-level which is stabilized radiatively at a large scale. This leads to a dynamically-generated hierarchy of scales. Additionally, this mechanism generically leads to a spontaneously broken R-symmetry without fine tuning the couplings of the theory. These are some of the simplest known models that break the R-symmetry spontaneously.
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Vaknin, T. New phases in O’Raifeartaigh-like models and R-symmetry breaking. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 4 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2014)004
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