Mixing of axino and goldstino, and axino mass Original Research Article

Axino, related to the SUSY transformation of axion, can mix with goldstino in principle. This case is realized when some superfields carrying nonvanishing Peccei–Quinn charges develop both scalar VEVs and F-terms. In this case, we present a proper definition of axion and axino. With this definition, we present the QCD axino mass in the most general framework, including nonminimal Kähler potential. The axino mass is known to have a hierarchical mass structure depending on accidental symmetries. With only one axino, if image where image, we obtain image. For image, the axino mass depends on the details of the Kähler potential. In the gauge mediation scenario, the gaugino mass is the dominant axino mass parameter. Therefore, we can take the theoretical QCD axino mass as a free parameter in the study of its cosmological effects, ranging from eV to multi-TeV scales, without a present knowledge on its ultraviolet completion.