282 research outputs found
Rigid Limit in N=2 Supergravity and Weak-Gravity Conjecture
We analyze the coupled N=2 supergravity and Yang-Mills system using
holomorphy, near the rigid limit where the former decouples from the latter. We
find that there appears generically a new mass scale around g M_{pl} where g is
the gauge coupling constant and M_{pl} is the Planck scale. This is in accord
with the weak-gravity conjecture proposed recently. We also study the scale
dependence of the gauge theory prepotential from its embedding into
supergravity.Comment: 17 pages, minor correction
Spectrum of Background X-rays from Moduli Dark Matter
We examine the -ray spectrum from the decay of the dark-matter moduli with
mass keV, in particular, paying attention to the line
spectrum from the moduli trapped in the halo of our galaxy. It is found that
with the energy resolution of the current experiments (%) the line
intensity is about twice stronger than that of the continuum spectrum from the
moduli that spread in the whole universe. Therefore, in the future experiments
with higher energy resolutions it may be possible to detect such line photons.
We also investigate the -ray spectrum emitted from the decay of the
multi-GeV moduli. It is shown that the emitted photons may form MeV-bump in the
-ray spectrum. We also find that if the modulus mass is of the order of
10 GeV, the emitted photons at the peak of the continuum spectrum loses their
energy by the scattering and the shape of the spectrum is significantly
changed, which makes the constraint weaker than that obtained in the previous
works.Comment: 14 pages (RevTeX file) including four postscript figures, reviced
version to be published in Physical Review
Multiple D-branes as a D-brane
From BFSS matrix theory considerations, it is expected that a single
D-brane action can be obtained from N D-brane action in large N
limit. We examine and confirm this expectation by working out the details of
DBI and Chern-Simons terms of D-brane action from D-brane action.
We show that the same relation works for non-BPS, as well as BPS branesComment: 14 page
Cosmological Moduli Problem in Gauge-mediated Supersymmetry Breaking Theories
A generic class of string theories predicts the existence of light moduli
fields, and they are expected to have masses comparable to the
gravitino mass which is in a range of keV--1GeV in
gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking theories. Such light fields with weak
interactions suppressed by the Planck scale can not avoid some stringent
cosmological constraints, that is, they suffer from `cosmological moduli
problems'. We show that all the gravitino mass region keV 1GeV is excluded by the constraints even if we incorporate a
late-time mini-inflation (thermal inflation). However, a modification of the
original thermal inflation model enables the region keV 500keV to survive the constraints. It is also stressed that
the moduli can be dark matter in our universe for the mass region keV
100keV.Comment: A few changes in section IV and
Cosmological Constraint on the String Dilaton in Gauge-mediated Supersymmetry Breaking Theories
The dilaton field in string theories (if exists) is expected to have a mass
of the order of the gravitino mass which is in a range of
keV--1GeV in gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking models. If it is
the case, the cosmic energy density of coherent dilaton oscillation easily
exceeds the critical density of the present universe. We show that even if this
problem is solved by a late-time entropy production (thermal inflation) a
stringent constraint on the energy density of the dilaton oscillation is
derived from experimental upperbounds on the cosmic X()-ray
backgrounds. This excludes an interesting mass region, , in gauge-mediated supersymmetry breaking models.Comment: 13 pages (RevTex file including one figure, use psfig), revised
version to be published in Physical Review Letter
Adjoint Messengers and Perturbative Unification at the String Scale
We consider states in the adjoint representation of the Standard Model gauge
group as messengers for mediation of supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking. These new
messengers can shift the gauge coupling unification to the string scale at
O(5x10^{17} GeV) if their masses are at O(10^{14} GeV). The predicted SUSY mass
spectrum at the electroweak scale is significantly different from those in
other gauge-mediated or supergravity models, resulting in robust mass
relations. The gravitino mass is predicted to be about 1-10 GeV. The heavy
messenger sector could provide a superheavy dark matter candidate.Comment: 9 pages, 2 figure
On the Moduli Problem and Baryogenesis in Gauge-mediated SUSY Breaking Models
We investigate whether the Affleck-Dine mechanism can produce sufficient
baryon number of the universe in the gauge-mediated SUSY breaking models, while
evading the cosmological moduli problem by late-time entropy production. We
find that the Q-ball formation renders the scenario very difficult to work,
irrespective of the detail mechanism of the entropy production.Comment: 11 pages, RevTeX, 5 postscript figures include
Cosmological Moduli Problem and Thermal Inflation Models
In superstring theories, there exist various dilaton and modulus fields which
masses are expected to be of the order of the gravitino mass . These
fields lead to serious cosmological difficulties, so called ``cosmological
moduli problem'', because a large number of moduli particles are produced as
the coherent oscillations after the primordial inflation. We make a
comprehensive study whether the thermal inflation can solve the cosmological
moduli problem in the whole modulus mass region
predicted by both hidden sector supersymmetry (SUSY) breaking and
gauge-mediated SUSY breaking models. In particular, we take into account the
primordial inflation model whose reheating temperature is so low that its
reheating process finishes after the thermal inflation ends. We find that the
above mass region survives from
various cosmological constraints in the presence of the thermal inflation.Comment: 49 pages, 17 figure
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