Geometric Transitions and D-Term SUSY Breaking

dc.creatorAganagic, Mina
dc.creatorBeem, Christopher
dc.date2007-11-05
dc.date2007-11-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:53:58Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:53:58Z
dc.descriptionWe propose a new way of using geometric transitions to study metastable vacua in string theory and certain confining gauge theories. The gauge theories in question are N=2 supersymmetric theories deformed to N=1 by superpotential terms. We first geometrically engineer supersymmetry-breaking vacua by wrapping D5 branes on rigid 2-cycles in noncompact Calabi-Yau geometries, such that the central charges of the branes are misaligned. In a limit of slightly misaligned charges, this has a gauge theory description, where supersymmetry is broken by Fayet-Iliopoulos D-terms. Geometric transitions relate these configurations to dual Calabi-Yaus with fluxes, where H_RR, H_NS and dJ are all nonvanishing. We argue that the dual geometry can be effectively used to study the resulting non-supersymmetric, confining vacua.
dc.descriptionv2: 27 pages, 1 figure, harvmac, references added, typos corrected
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0385
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0385
dc.identifierNucl.Phys.B796:44-65,2008
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2007.11.033
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/204730
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleGeometric Transitions and D-Term SUSY Breaking
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