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The Octagon and the Non-Supersymmetric String Landscape

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-02-24 v4

Abstract

We present an orientifold of a toric singularity allowing for a configuration of fractional branes which corresponds to a gauge theory that dynamically breaks supersymmetry in a stable vacuum. This model represents the first such instance within the gauge/gravity duality.

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@article{arxiv.2005.09671,
  title  = {The Octagon and the Non-Supersymmetric String Landscape},
  author = {Riccardo Argurio and Matteo Bertolini and Sebastián Franco and Eduardo García-Valdecasas and Shani Meynet and Antoine Pasternak and Valdo Tatitscheff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2005.09671},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

4 pages, 2 figures. v4: improvements in the presentation

R2 v1 2026-06-23T15:40:12.785Z