A light neutralino in hybrid models of supersymmetry breaking Original Research Article

We show that in gauge mediation models where heavy messenger masses are provided by the adjoint Higgs field of an underlying image theory, a generalized gauge mediation spectrum arises with the characteristic feature of having a neutralino LSP much lighter than in the standard gauge or gravity mediation schemes. This naturally fits in a hybrid scenario where gravity mediation, while subdominant with respect to gauge mediation, provides μ and Bμ parameters of the appropriate size for electroweak symmetry breaking.