Finite zero-energy vacuum for a single exponential superpotential

ID: finite-zero-energy-vacuum-for-a-single-exponential-superpotential

For and with , the potential is . With nonzero , a finite zero-energy vacuum exists exactly when . To prove this, set ; the magnitude equation is , whose derivative changes sign at and whose maximum is . The phase fixes the imaginary part of . At a zero-energy solution the auxiliary field remains nonzero, so supersymmetry is broken and both real components of are flat. If , the family is instead supersymmetric.

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