General Gauge Mediation
Patrick Meade, Nathan Seiberg, David Shih
TL;DR
A formalism for computing the soft terms in the generic model is presented which allows us to identify features of the entire class of gauge mediation models and to distinguish them from specific signatures of various subclasses.
Abstract
We give a general definition of gauge mediated supersymmetry breaking which encompasses all the known gauge mediation models. In particular, it includes both models with messengers as well as direct mediation models. A formalism for computing the soft terms in the generic model is presented. Such a formalism is necessary in strongly-coupled direct mediation models where perturbation theory cannot be used. It allows us to identify features of the entire class of gauge mediation models and to distinguish them from specific signatures of various subclasses.