Holographic Correlators for General Gauge Mediation

TL;DR

This paper employs holographic methods to calculate two-point functions of supermultiplet operators in strongly coupled theories with broken supersymmetry, aiding the understanding of gauge mediation effects on the SSM spectrum.

Contribution

It develops a holographic framework for computing correlators in supersymmetry-breaking backgrounds, applicable to models with Dirac or Majorana gaugino masses.

Findings

Derived formulas for two-point functions in asymptotically AdS backgrounds.

Applied the framework to models with different gaugino mass types.

Provided insights into the soft spectrum in supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model.

Abstract

We use holographic techniques to compute two-point functions of operators belonging to a conserved current supermultiplet in theories which break supersymmetry at strong coupling. These are the relevant quantities one has to compute in models of gauge mediation to determine the soft spectrum in supersymmetric extensions of the Standard Model (SSM). Such holographic approach can be used for diverse gravitational backgrounds, but here we focus, for definiteness, on asymptotically AdS backgrounds. After presenting the general framework, we apply our formulas to two explicit examples which differ by the nature of the SSM gauginos, which have Dirac or Majorana masses, corresponding to models that respectively preserve or break R-symmetry.