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The Edge Of Supersymmetry: Stability Walls in Heterotic Theory

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arxiv 0903.5088 v2 pith:Q6C5DJRK submitted 2009-03-30 hep-th

The Edge Of Supersymmetry: Stability Walls in Heterotic Theory

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keywords gaugetheoryedgefour-dimensionalheteroticmodulistabilitysupersymmetric
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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.

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