TH String Theory Seminar

Probing the geometry of N = 1 vacua

Name: Probing the geometry of N = 1 vacua
Start: 2006-09-05T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2006-09-05T15:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

by Yang Hui He (Oxford University)

Tuesday 5 Sept 2006, 14:00 → 15:00 Europe/Zurich

TH Auditorium (CERN)

TH Auditorium

CERN

Description

Using recent advances in computational algebraic geometry, we present a new and efficient method for explicitly computing the vacuum space of N=1 gauge theories. We emphasize the importance of finding special geometric properties of these spaces in connecting phenomenology to guiding principles descending from high-energy physics. Focusing on the MSSM, we exemplify how our results can be used to rule out certain top-down constructions of electroweak physics.