A Is there a new loophole in the no-go theorem of supersymmetry?

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Sep 6, 2017

Demystifier

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Can someone comment on https://arxiv.org/abs/1703.10188 ?
If correct, it seems very important.

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Finding a new exception to a key no go theorem does sound important.

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