The Octagon and the non-supersymmetric string landscape

Riccardo Argurio; Matteo Bertolini; Sebastián Franco; Eduardo García-Valdecasas; Shani Meynet; Antoine Pasternak; Valdo Tatitscheff

Physics Letters B (Apr 2021)

The Octagon and the non-supersymmetric string landscape

Riccardo Argurio,
Matteo Bertolini,
Sebastián Franco,
Eduardo García-Valdecasas,
Shani Meynet,
Antoine Pasternak,
Valdo Tatitscheff

Affiliations

Riccardo Argurio: Physique Théorique et Mathématique and International Solvay Institutes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, C.P. 231, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Matteo Bertolini: SISSA and INFN - Sezione di Trieste, Via Bonomea 265, I 34136 Trieste, Italy; ICTP - Strada Costiera 11, I 34014 Trieste, Italy; Corresponding author.
Sebastián Franco: Physics Department, The City College of the CUNY, 160 Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031, USA
Eduardo García-Valdecasas: Physique Théorique et Mathématique and International Solvay Institutes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, C.P. 231, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Shani Meynet: SISSA and INFN - Sezione di Trieste, Via Bonomea 265, I 34136 Trieste, Italy
Antoine Pasternak: Physique Théorique et Mathématique and International Solvay Institutes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, C.P. 231, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Valdo Tatitscheff: IRMA, UMR 7501, Université de Strasbourg et CNRS, 7 rue René Descartes, 67000 Strasbourg, France

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 815
p. 136153

Abstract

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We present an orientifold of a toric singularity allowing for a configuration of fractional branes which corresponds to a gauge theory that dynamically breaks supersymmetry in a stable vacuum. This model represents the first such instance within the gauge/gravity duality.

Published in Physics Letters B

ISSN: 0370-2693 (Print); 1873-2445 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/physics-letters-b

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