Supersymmetry Breaking, Moduli Stabilization and Hidden U(1) Breaking in M-Theory

TL;DR

This paper investigates moduli stabilization, supersymmetry breaking, and hidden U(1) symmetry breaking in M-Theory compactifications on G_2-manifolds, predicting a superpartner spectrum accessible at the LHC.

Contribution

It provides a detailed calculation of the moduli potential and superpartner spectrum in M-Theory on G_2-manifolds, including hidden sector gauge symmetry breaking.

Findings

All moduli can be stabilized.

Hidden sector gauge symmetries can be Higgsed at high scale.

Predicted superpartner spectrum similar to G_2-MSSM with light gauginos.

Abstract

We calculate and explore the moduli potential for M-Theory compactified on G_2-manifolds in which the superpotential is dominated by a single membrane instanton term plus one from an asymptotically free hidden sector gauge interaction. We show that all moduli can be stabilized and that hidden sector gauge symmetries can be Higgsed at a high scale. We then compute the spectrum of superpartner masses at the GUT scale and evolve it to the electroweak scale. We find a spectrum which is very similar to the G_2-MSSM with light gauginos - accessible at the LHC - and a neutral wino dark matter candidate.