Nonsupersymmetric flux vacua and perturbed N = 2 systems
Abstract
We geometrically engineer Script N = 2 theories perturbed by a superpotential by adding 3-form flux with support at infinity to local Calabi-Yau geometries in type IIB. This allows us to apply the formalism of Ooguri, Ookouchi, and Park [arXiv:0704.3613] to demonstrate that, by tuning the flux at infinity, we can stabilize the dynamical complex structure moduli in a metastable, supersymmetry-breaking configuration. Moreover, we argue that this setup can arise naturally as a limit of a larger Calabi-Yau which separates into two weakly interacting regions; the flux in one region leaks into the other, where it appears to be supported at infinity and induces the desired superpotential. In our endeavor to confirm this picture in cases with many 3-cycles, we also compute the CIV-DV prepotential for arbitrary number of cuts up to fifth order in the glueball fields.
Additional Information
© 2008 SISSA. Received 16 September 2008, accepted for publication 14 October 2008. Published 28 October 2008. We would like to thank J. de Boer, R. Dijkgraaf, Y. Ookouchi, and K. Saraikin for valuable discussions. J.M. would also like to thank the SITP at Stanford University for their kind hospitality during the completion of this work. The work of L.H. and M.S. was supported by an NWO Spinoza grant. The work of J.M. was supported in part by Department of Energy grant DE-FG03-92ER40701 and by a John A McCone postdoctoral fellowship. The work of K.P. was supported by Foundation of Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM).Attached Files
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- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
- DE-FG03-92-ER 40701
- Department of Energy
- John A. McCone fellowship
- Foundation of Fundamental Research on Matter (FOM)
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