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Non-supersymmetric Meta-stable Vacua from Brane Configurations

Sebastian Franco, Inaki Garcia-Etxebarria, Angel M. Uranga

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/0607218

Abstract

We construct configurations of NS-, D4-, and D6-branes in type IIA string theory, realizing the recently discussed non-supersymmetric meta-stable minimum of 4d N=1 SU(Nc) super-Yang-Mills theories with massive flavors. We discuss their lift to M-theory and the mechanism of pseudo-moduli stabilization. We extend the construction to many other examples of meta-stable minima, including the SO/Sp theories, SU(Nc) with matter in two-index tensor representations, and to a chiral gauge theory.

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