Phase Transitions at High Supersymmetry Breaking Scale in String Theory

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Abstract

When supersymmetry is spontaneously broken at tree level, the spectrum of the heterotic string compactified on orbifolds of tori contains an infinite number of potentially tachyonic modes. We show that this implies instabilities of Minkowski spacetime, when the scale of supersymmetry breaking is of the order of the string scale. We derive the phase space structure of vacua in the case where the tachyonic spectrum contains a mode with trivial momenta and winding numbers along the internal directions not involved in the supersymmetry breaking.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLie Theory and Its Applications in Physics, 2019
EditorsVladimir Dobrev
PublisherSpringer
Pages265-274
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789811577741
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020
Event13th International Workshop on Lie Theory and Its Applications in Physics, LT 2019 - Varna, Bulgaria
Duration: 17 Jun 201923 Jun 2019

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
Volume335
ISSN (Print)2194-1009
ISSN (Electronic)2194-1017

Conference

Conference13th International Workshop on Lie Theory and Its Applications in Physics, LT 2019
Country/TerritoryBulgaria
CityVarna
Period17/06/1923/06/19

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