Non-supersymmetric meta-stable vacua from brane configurations

Franco, Sebastian; García-Etxebarria, Iñaki; Uranga, Angel

doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/085

Non-supersymmetric meta-stable vacua from brane configurations

Franco, Sebastian; García-Etxebarria, Iñaki; Uranga, Angel

Authors

Sebastian Franco

Dr Inaki Garcia Etxebarria inaki.garcia-etxebarria@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor

Angel Uranga

Abstract

We construct configurations of NS-, D4-, and D6-branes in type IIA string theory, realizing the recently discussed non-supersymmetric meta-stable minimum of 4d = 1 SU(Nc) super-Yang-Mills theories with massive flavors. We discuss their lift to M-theory and the mechanism of pseudo-moduli stabilization. We extend the construction to many other examples of meta-stable minima, including the SO/Sp theories, SU(Nc) with matter in two-index tensor representations, and to a chiral gauge theory.

Citation

Franco, S., García-Etxebarria, I., & Uranga, A. (2007). Non-supersymmetric meta-stable vacua from brane configurations. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2007(01), Article 085. https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/085

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 24, 2007
Deposit Date	Jan 27, 2014
Publicly Available Date	Feb 14, 2014
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Print ISSN	1126-6708
Electronic ISSN	1029-8479
Publisher	Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	2007
Issue	01
Article Number	085
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/085
Keywords	Supersymmetry Breaking, Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories.