Publication: Twisted supersymmetry and the topology of theory space
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2002
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Arkani-Hamed, Nima, Howard Georgi, and Andrew G Cohen. 2002. “Twisted Supersymmetry and the Topology of Theory Space.” J. High Energy Phys. 2002 (07) (July 8): 020–020. doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/07/020.
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We present examples of four dimensional, non-supersymmetric field theories in which ultraviolet supersymmetry breaking effects, such as bose-fermi splittings and the vacuum energy, are suppressed by (α/4π) N , where α is a weak coupling factor and N can be made arbitrarily large. The particle content and interactions of these models are conveniently represented by a graph with sites and links, describing the gauge theory space structure. While the theories are supersymmetric “locally” in theory space, supersymmetry can be explicitly broken by topological obstructions.
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