Supersymmetry without supersymmetry Academic Article

abstract

• We present four-dimensional M-theory vacua with N > 0 supersymmetry which, from the perspective of perturbative Type IIA string theory, have N = 0. Such vacua can appear when the compactifying 7-manifold is a U(1) fibration. The missing superpartners are Dirichlet 0-branes. Someone unable to detect Ramond-Ramond charge would thus conclude that these worlds have no unbroken supersymmetry. In particular, the gravitinos (and also some of the gauge bosons) are 0-branes not seen in perturbation theory but which curiously remain massless however weak the string coupling. 1997 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

authors

• Pope, Christopher

published proceedings

• PHYSICS LETTERS B

author list (cited authors)

• Duff, M. J., Lu, H., & Pope, C. N.

citation count

• 62

complete list of authors

• Duff, MJ||Lu, H||Pope, CN

publication date

• September 1997

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Physics Letters B  Journal

keywords

• 49 Mathematical Sciences
• 4902 Mathematical Physics
• 51 Physical Sciences
• 5106 Nuclear And Plasma Physics
• 5107 Particle And High Energy Physics

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00687-4

start page

• 136

end page

• 144

volume

• 409

issue

• 1-4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fs0370-2693%2897%2900687-4