Super string theory and the calculation of metastable ground states
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Super string theory is a candidate theory for the unification of gravity and all the other forces. It is also the arena in which explicit examples of gravity duals of strongly coupled field theories are constructed. In this thesis, we explore various degrees of supersymmetry breaking for strings propagating on gravitational backgrounds which have field theory duals. We analyze a class of cascading quivers arising from near horizon limits of branes at singularities, starting with RG flows which preserve some degree of supersymmetry. We then apply this analysis to cases with supersymmetry breaking. We provide examples in which supersymmetry breaks spontaneously around a metastable groundstate and calculate some of its properties. We finally discuss string models in which supersymmetry is completely broken, including the potential phenomenological applications.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2011 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Simić, Dušan |
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| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics |
| Primary advisor | Kachru, Shamit, 1970- |
| Thesis advisor | Kachru, Shamit, 1970- |
| Thesis advisor | Kallosh, Renata |
| Thesis advisor | Shenker, Stephen Hart, 1953- |
| Advisor | Kallosh, Renata |
| Advisor | Shenker, Stephen Hart, 1953- |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Dusan Simic. |
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| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Ph.D. Stanford University 2011 |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2011 by Dusan Simic
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC BY).
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