Breaking the electroweak symmetry and supersymmetry by a compact extra dimension

Abstract

We revisit in some more detail a recent specific proposal for the breaking of the electroweak symmetry and of supersymmetry by a compact extra dimension. Possible mass terms for the Higgs and the matter hypermultiplets are considered and their effects on the spectrum analyzed. Previous conclusions are reinforced and put on firmer ground.

Comments: 25 pages, LaTeX, 9 eps figures