R-symmetry, Yukawa textures and anomaly mediated supersymmetry breaking

Abstract

We explore, in the MSSM context, an extension of the Anomaly Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking solution for the soft scalar masses that is possible if the underlying theory has a gauged R-symmetry. The slepton mass problem characteristic of the scenario is resolved, and a context for the explanation of the fermion mass hierarchy provided.

Comments: 12 pages, Plain TeX, Uses Harvmac (big). More references added, and improved discussion of FCNCs