= Flat F-term breaking with a linear superpotential
{title2=$W=\alpha+\kappa\Phi,\quad V=|\kappa|^2$}
With one canonical ungauged <chiral superfield> and $\kappa\ne0$, the auxiliary expectation is nonzero at every scalar value. The potential is flat and positive, so <supersymmetry> is broken without an isolated minimum. The <fermion> is a massless <Goldstino> and the scalar is massless at tree level. Equality of these zero masses does not imply an unbroken <supersymmetric vacuum>.
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