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We identify a cubic holomorphic constraint that subtends the total breaking of \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 supersymmetry in a vector multiplet and exhibit its microscopic origin. The new constraint leaves behind, at low energies, a vector and the two goldstini, in a non-linear Lagrangian that generalizes the \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 Volkov-Akulov model.
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Dudas, E., Ferrara, S. & Sagnotti, A. A superfield constraint for \( \mathcal{N} \) = 2 → \( \mathcal{N} \) = 0 breaking. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 109 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2017)109
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