Cribiori, Niccolo, Parameswaran, Susha, Tonioni, Flavio 
ORCID: 0000-0001-9683-0698 and Wrase, Timm
(2021)
Misaligned supersymmetry and open strings.
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2021 (4).
99-.
Abstract
The study of non-supersymmetric string theories is shedding light on an important corner of the string landscape and might ultimately explain why, so far, we did not observe supersymmetry in our universe. We review how misaligned supersymmetry in closed-string theories leads to a cancellation between bosons and fermions even in non-supersymmetric string theories. We then show that the same cancellation takes place for open strings by studying an anti-D$p$-brane placed on top of an O$p$-plane in type II string theory. Misaligned supersymmetry consists in cancellations between bosons and fermions at \emph{different} energy levels, in such a way that the averaged number of states grows at a rate dominated by a factor $\mathrm{e}^{C_{\mathrm{eff}}\sqrt{n}}$, with $C_{\mathrm{eff}}<C_{\mathrm{tot}}$, where $C_{\mathrm{tot}}$ is the inverse Hagedorn temperature. We prove the previously conjectured complete cancellation, i.e. we prove that $C_{\mathrm{eff}}=0$, for a vast class of models.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | 45 pages + one appendix + references. v2: minor corrections + references added; to appear on JHEP |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | D-branes, Superstrings and Heterotic Strings, Supersymmetry Breaking |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 12 May 2021 09:42 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2024 09:04 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/JHEP04(2021)099 |
| Open Access URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP04... |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3122440 |
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