Structural_Origin_of_the_Gravitino_Mass_Term__Geometric_and_Supergravity_Perspectives
Abstract
Supersymmetry cannot be experimentally demonstrated in laboratory settings, in particular through high-energy collision experiments such as those conducted at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This statement should not be interpreted merely as an empirical remark about the current non-observation of superpartners, but rather as a principled claim concerning the very nature of local supersymmetry. Supersymmetry, especially in its local form as realized in supergravity, does not represent a dynamical symmetry associated with observable asymptotic states or scattering processes. It does not manifest itself as a set of new particles producible in an accelerator, but rather as a deep logical-geometric structure of the vacuum and of extended spacetime. In this sense, supersymmetry is neither falsifiable nor verifiable by conventional particle-physics experiments, because it does not belong to the same ontological level as standard laboratory observables. My paper is fully consistent with this perspective. It does not propose any direct experimental prediction, nor the existence of new observable particles, nor a dynamics associated with production or decay processes. Instead, it focuses on the geometric structure of superspace, modeled as a superfiber bundle with fermionic fiber C0∣1, and on the construction of intrinsic supergeometric invariants. In particular, the gravitino mass emerges here not as a phenomenological parameter to be measured, but as a scalar quantity obtained in a purely geometric way, through the pullback of odd differential forms and subsequent Berezin integration along the fermionic fiber. This quantity possesses exactly the algebraic structure of the gravitino mass term in N=1 supergravity, yet its meaning is radically different from that of a particle mass in the usual experimental sense. This point is essential. In the framework developed in this paper, the gravitino is not conceived as an object to be produced or detected in an accelerator. It does not arise from collisions, is not associated with measurable cross sections, and does not correspond to an observable asymptotic state. Rather, the gravitino appears as a manifestation of the fermionic geometry of superspace, and its “mass” reflects a structural invariant tied to the choice of section and to the supersymmetric vacuum geometry. From this perspective, the gravitino provides a paradigmatic example of why local supersymmetry escapes direct experimental verification: it does not fail laboratory tests, but simply does not inhabit the conceptual domain of such tests. The present work offers an explicit mathematical formulation of this idea, showing how a fundamental supersymmetric quantity can emerge as a geometric invariant, independently of any experimental observability scenario. In conclusion, the claim that supersymmetry cannot be demonstrated at the LHC finds a precise structural counterpart in this work. Supersymmetry, and in particular the gravitino mass, is not interpreted here as an experimentally accessible dynamical phenomenon, but as an intrinsic property of superspace and of the supergeometric vacuum. In this sense, the present article does not stand in opposition to experimental programs, but rather contributes to clarifying the appropriate ontological level at which supersymmetry should be understood.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics
Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 3 January 2026
- Document type
- Preprint