Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 307 1 iv Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Soft supersymmetry breaking means adding supersymmetry-breaking operators with positive-mass-dimension coefficients that do not create new ultraviolet quadratic divergences. Standard examples are scalar masses, holomorphic bilinear and trilinear scalar couplings, gaugino masses, and singlet tadpoles when the field content and symmetries allow them.