Dynamical Vacuum Selection and Supersymmetry Breaking in String Theory

Mon, 02/11/2009
12:00
Jock McOrist (Cambridge) String Theory Seminar Add to calendar L3
Intersecting brane models in string theory have proven a useful tool for studying the dynamics of quantum field theories. I will describe how certain brane models may be used to shed light on the phenomenon of supersymmetry breaking and vacuum selection in a cosmological context.