The Edge Of Supersymmetry: Stability Walls in Heterotic Theory Export

@article{citeulike:4238791, abstract = {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 Kahler 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.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Anderson, Lara B. and Gray, James and Lukas, Andre and Ovrut, Burt}, citeulike-article-id = {4238791}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5088}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0903.5088}, day = {30}, eprint = {0903.5088}, keywords = {heterotic, stability, susy, walls}, month = {Mar}, posted-at = {2009-03-31 10:36:48}, priority = {2}, title = {The Edge Of Supersymmetry: Stability Walls in Heterotic Theory}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5088}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4238791 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4238791 N2 - 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 Kahler 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. TI - The Edge Of Supersymmetry: Stability Walls in Heterotic Theory KW - heterotic KW - stability KW - susy KW - walls AU - Anderson, Lara AU - Gray, James AU - Lukas, Andre AU - Ovrut, Burt PY - 2009/Mar/30/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5088 ER -