Dynamical SUSY breaking at meta-stable minima from D-branes at obstructed geometries

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2006, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Franco, Sebastián ^a   Uranga, Angel M ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brane Dynamics in Gauge Theories; Supersymmetric gauge theory; Supersymmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745738268     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/06/031     Document Type: Article

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