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We analyze the effects of soft supersymmetry-breaking terms on N=1 supersymmetric QCD with N₅ flavors and color gauge group SU (N₂). The mass squared of some squarks may be negative, as long as vacuum stability is ensured by a simple mass inequality. For N₅N₂+1, we formulate the dynamics in terms of dual (s) quarks and a dual gauge group SU (N₅-N₂). The presence of negative squark mass-squared terms leads to spontaneous breakdown of flavor and color symmetry. We determine this breaking pattern, derive the spectrum, and argue that the masses vary smoothly as one crosses from the Higgs phase into the confining phase.
D’Hoker et al. (1996) studied this question.