Supersymmetry breakdown at a hidden wall

1998/01/31 by H. P. Nilles, H.P. Nilles, M. Olechowski +1 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Effective field theory #Gaugino #Gravitino #Heterotic string theory #Hidden sector #Observable #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Supersymmetry #Supersymmetry breaking #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(98)00418-0

published as Nucl.Phys. B530 (1998) 43-72 · 29 pages, latex, no figures, To appear in Nuclear Physics B. Minor changes

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Abstract

We consider hidden sector supersymmetry breakdown in the strongly coupled heterotic E₈× E₈ theory of Hořava and Witten. Using effective field theory methods in four dimensions, we can show that gravitational interactions induce soft breaking terms in the observable sector that are of order of the gravitiono mass. We apply these methods to the mechanism of gaugino condensation at the hidden wall. Although the situation is very similar to the weakly coupled case, there is a decisive difference concerning the observable sector gaugino mass; with desirable phenomenological as well as cosmological consequences.

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