The Octagon and the non-supersymmetric string landscape

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Riccardo Argurio, Matteo Bertolini, Sebastián Franco, Eduardo García-Valdecasas, Shani Meynet, Antoine Pasternak, Valdo Tatitscheff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269321000939