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Tunneling Constraints on Effective Theories of Stable de Sitter Space

High Energy Physics - Theory 2013-05-29 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We argue that effective field theories compatible with the idea of Cosmological SUSY Breaking, can have no supersymmetric vacuum states in the M_P -> infinity limit. We introduce a revised version of the Pyramid Scheme, which satisfies this criterion. Combining the criteria for CSB with results of Nelson and Seiberg, any such Lagrangian is non-generic, but we argue that this is plausible in the context of CSB, where R-violating terms in the Lagrangian come from interactions with the horizon, rather than integrating out short distance degrees of freedom. We also point out a Landau pole in the hidden sector gauge group of the Pyramid Scheme, and propose an unique mechanism for avoiding it.

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@article{arxiv.0906.3714,
  title  = {Tunneling Constraints on Effective Theories of Stable de Sitter Space},
  author = {Tom Banks and Jean-François Fortin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.3714},
  year   = {2013}
}

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19 pages