Spontaneous Partial Supersymmetry Breaking

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• Smyth, P (EPFL - Ecoles Polytechniques Fdrales de Lausanne)
• Tuesday 26 June 2012, 14:30-14:45
• Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute.

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Mathematics and Applications of Branes in String and M-theory

I will review some recent work on spontaneous partial supersymmetry breaking in extended supersymmetry. I will first describe the no-go theorems which forbid N=2 to N=1 spontaneous supersymmetry breaking in global and local supersymmetry, before showing how they are circumvented. I will then discuss some new techniques involving the embedding tensor formalism which allow us to study this problem systemically and find the low-energy effective theory in the N=1 vacuum. This leads to interesting insights into spontaneous partial supersymmetry breaking in supergravity and string theory, as well as new results in quaternionic geometry.

This talk is part of the Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series series.

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