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Nonperturbative Stability of Supergravity and Superstring Vacua

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We investigate the possibility of false vacuum decay in $N=1$ supergravity theories. By establishing a Bogomol'nyi bound for the energy density stored in the domain wall of the $O(4)$ invariant bubble, we show that supersymmetric vacua remain absolutely stable against false vacuum decay into another supersymmetric vacuum. This conforms with and completes the previous perturbative analysis of Weinberg. Implications for dynamical supersymmetry breaking and decompactification instabilities in superstring theory are discussed. In addition, we show that there are no compact static spherical domain walls.

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Type IIB Axion--Dilaton Wormholes and the BPS Limit Hessian

hep-th · 2026-07-01 · unverdicted · novelty 3.0

In the axion charge sector of Type IIB, the E=0 BPS instanton has a physical Hessian that factorizes as Q dagger Q, interpreted as an endpoint theorem beyond stability for E>0 wormholes, with separation of throat from multipole operator terms.

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  • Type IIB Axion--Dilaton Wormholes and the BPS Limit Hessian hep-th · 2026-07-01 · unverdicted · none · ref 21 · internal anchor

    In the axion charge sector of Type IIB, the E=0 BPS instanton has a physical Hessian that factorizes as Q dagger Q, interpreted as an endpoint theorem beyond stability for E>0 wormholes, with separation of throat from multipole operator terms.