On Stable Non-Supersymmetric Vacua at the Bottom of Cascading Theories
Riccardo Argurio, Matteo Bertolini, Cyril Closset, Stefano Cremonesi
TL;DR
This paper explores how specific deformations in cascading gauge theories can stabilize runaway behaviors, leading to stable, non-supersymmetric vacua, and discusses potential supergravity analysis of supersymmetry breaking.
Contribution
It introduces a class of deformations that stabilize runaway directions in cascading theories, enabling analysis of non-supersymmetric vacua within gauge/string duality.
Findings
Identification of deformations stabilizing IR runaway behavior
Construction of stable non-supersymmetric vacua
Potential for supergravity analysis of supersymmetry breaking
Abstract
We consider a wide class of cascading gauge theories which usually lead to runaway behaviour in the IR, and discuss possible deformations of the superpotential at the bottom of the cascade which stabilize the runaway direction and provide stable non-supersymmetric vacua. The models we find may allow for a weakly coupled supergravity analysis of dynamical supersymmetric breaking in the context of the gauge/string correspondence.
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