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arxiv: hep-th/0109082 · v1 · submitted 2001-09-10 · ✦ hep-th · hep-ph

Twisted supersymmetry and the topology of theory space

classification ✦ hep-th hep-ph
keywords spacesupersymmetrytheoryalphatheoriesarbitrarilybose-fermibreaking
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We present examples of four dimensional, non-supersymmetric field theories in which ultraviolet supersymmetry breaking effects, such as bose-fermi splittings and the vacuum energy, are suppressed by $(\alpha/4 \pi)^{N}$, where $\alpha$ is a weak coupling factor and $N$ can be made arbitrarily large. The particle content and interactions of these models are conveniently represented by a graph with sites and links, describing the gauge theory space structure. While the theories are supersymmetric ``locally'' in theory space, supersymmetry can be explicitly broken by topological obstructions.

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