Supergravity Domain Walls

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current understanding of domain walls in N=1 supergravity, focusing on their spacetime structure and the role of supersymmetry in shaping these configurations.

Contribution

It provides a systematic analysis of vacuum and dilatonic domain walls in supergravity, emphasizing the influence of supersymmetry on their properties.

Findings

Supersymmetry constrains the structure of domain walls.

Different types of domain walls exhibit distinct spacetime geometries.

The role of supersymmetry is crucial in determining the stability and nature of these configurations.

Abstract

We review the status of domain walls in $N=1$ supergravity theories for both the vacuum domain walls as well as dilatonic domain walls. We concentrate on a systematic analysis of the nature of the space-time in such domain wall backgrounds and the special role that supersymmetry is playing in determining the nature of such configurations.