25 July 2007 to 1 August 2007
Karlsruhe University
Europe/Zurich timezone

Metastable Dynamical Supersymmetry Breaking near Points of Enhanced Symmetry

31 Jul 2007, 15:00
20m
Jordan Auditorium (Karlsruhe University)

Jordan Auditorium

Karlsruhe University

Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1 76131 Karlsruhe Germany
Parallel Talk Theoretical Models (String Theory and Formal Aspects of SUSY) Theoretical Models (String Theory and Formal Aspects of SUSY) 6

Speaker

Mr Rouven Essig (Rutgers University)

Description

We construct a model with long-lived metastable vacua in which all the relevant parameters, including the supersymmetry breaking scale, are generated dynamically by dimensional transmutation. Our model consists of two sectors coupled by a singlet and combines dynamical supersymmetry breaking with an O'Raifeartaigh mechanism in terms of confined variables. The metastable vacua appear along a pseudo-runaway direction near a point of enhanced symmetry as a result of a balance between non-perturbative and perturbative quantum effects. We show that metastable supersymmetry breaking is a rather generic feature near certain enhanced symmetry points of gauge theory moduli spaces.

Authors

Mr Gonzalo Torroba (Rutgers University) Mr Kuver Sinha (Rutgers University) Mr Rouven Essig (Rutgers University)

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