Spontaneous localization of bulk matter fields

We study models compactified on S 1/ Z 2 with bulk and brane matter fields charged under U(1) gauge symmetry. We calculate the FI-terms and show by minimizing the resulting potential that supersymmetry or gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken if the sum of the charges does not vanish. Even if this...

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Published in:Physics letters. B 2002-06, Vol.536 (3), p.270-276
Main Authors: Groot Nibbelink, S., Nilles, H.P., Olechowski, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:We study models compactified on S 1/ Z 2 with bulk and brane matter fields charged under U(1) gauge symmetry. We calculate the FI-terms and show by minimizing the resulting potential that supersymmetry or gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken if the sum of the charges does not vanish. Even if this sum vanishes, there could be an instability as a consequence of localized FI-terms. This leads to a spontaneous localization of charged bulk fields on respective branes.
ISSN:0370-2693
1873-2445
DOI:10.1016/S0370-2693(02)01840-3