The edge of supersymmetry: Stability walls in heterotic theory

Anderson, Lara B.; Gray, James; Lukas, Andre; Ovrut, Burt

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2009.05.025

The edge of supersymmetry: Stability walls in heterotic theory

Journal Article · Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physics Letters. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2009.05.025· OSTI ID:1201592

Anderson, Lara B. ^[1]; Gray, James ^[2]; Lukas, Andre ^[2]; Ovrut, Burt ^[3]

Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States). School of Natural Sciences; Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States); University of Pennsylvania
Oxford Univ., Oxford (United Kingdom)
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States). School of Natural Sciences; Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)

We explicitly describe, in the language of four-dimensional N = 1 supersymmetric field theory, what happens when the moduli of a heterotic Calabi-Yau compactification change so as to make the internal non-Abelian gauge fields non-supersymmetric. At the edge of the region in Kähler moduli space where supersymmetry can be preserved, an additional anomalous U(1) gauge symmetry appears in the four-dimensional theory. The D-term contribution to the scalar potential associated to this U(1) attempts to force the system back into a supersymmetric configuration and provides a consistent low-energy description of gauge bundle stability.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-95ER40893

OSTI ID:: 1201592

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 21312090

Journal Information:: Physics Letters. B, Journal Name: Physics Letters. B Journal Issue: 3-4 Vol. 677; ISSN 0370-2693

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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