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Non-Minimal and Non-Universal Supersymmetry
I motivate and discuss non-minimal and non-universal models of supersymmetry
and supergravity consistent with string unification at GeV.Comment: 10 pages, Latex. Plenary talk given at 6th Workshop in High Energy
Physics Phenomenology (WHEPP 6), Chennai (Madras), India, 3-15 Jan 200
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Top Quarks as a Window to String Resonances
We study the discovery potential of string resonances decaying to
final state at the LHC. We point out that top quark pair production is a
promising and an advantageous channel for studying such resonances, due to
their low Standard Model background and unique kinematics. We study the
invariant mass distribution and angular dependence of the top pair production
cross section via exchanges of string resonances. The mass ratios of these
resonances and the unusual angular distribution may help identify their
fundamental properties and distinguish them from other new physics. We find
that string resonances for a string scale below 4 TeV can be detected via the
channel, either from reconstructing the semi-leptonic
decay or recent techniques in identifying highly boosted tops.Comment: 22 pages, 6 figure
Maximal Temperature in Flux Compactifications
Thermal corrections have an important effect on moduli stabilization leading
to the existence of a maximal temperature, beyond which the compact dimensions
decompactify. In this note, we discuss generality of our earlier analysis and
apply it to the case of flux compactifications. The maximal temperature is
again found to be controlled by the supersymmetry breaking scale, T_{crit} \sim
\sqrt{m_{3/2} M_P}.Comment: 10 pages, 10 figures. v2:comment and references adde
Warped Vacuum Statistics
We consider the effect of warping on the distribution of type IIB flux vacua
constructed with Calabi-Yau orientifolds. We derive an analytical form of the
distribution that incorporates warping and find close agreement with the
results of a Monte Carlo enumeration of vacua. Compared with calculations that
neglect warping, we find that for any finite volume compactification, the
density of vacua is highly diluted in close proximity to the conifold point,
with a steep drop-off within a critical distance.Comment: 30 pages, 2 figure
Boundary Effective Field Theory and Trans-Planckian Perturbations: Astrophysical Implications
We contrast two approaches to calculating trans-Planckian corrections to the
inflationary perturbation spectrum: the New Physics Hypersurface [NPH] model,
in which modes are normalized when their physical wavelength first exceeds a
critical value, and the Boundary Effective Field Theory [BEFT] approach, where
the initial conditions for all modes are set at the same time, and modified by
higher dimensional operators enumerated via an effective field theory
calculation. We show that these two approaches -- as currently implemented --
lead to radically different expectations for the trans-Planckian corrections to
the CMB and emphasize that in the BEFT formalism we expect the perturbation
spectrum to be dominated by quantum gravity corrections for all scales shorter
than some critical value. Conversely, in the NPH case the quantum effects only
dominate the longest modes that are typically much larger than the present
horizon size. Furthermore, the onset of the breakdown in the standard
inflationary perturbation calculation predicted by the BEFT formalism is likely
to be associated with a feature in the perturbation spectrum, and we discuss
the observational signatures of this feature in both CMB and large scale
structure observations. Finally, we discuss possible modifications to both
calculational frameworks that would resolve the contradictions identified here.Comment: Reworded commentary, reference added (v2) References added (v3
D-Matter
We study the properties and phenomenology of particle-like states originating
from D-branes whose spatial dimensions are all compactified. They are
non-perturbative states in string theory and we refer to them as D-matter. In
contrast to other non-perturbative objects such as 't Hooft-Polyakov monopoles,
D-matter states could have perturbative couplings among themselves and with
ordinary matter. The lightest D-particle (LDP) could be stable because it is
the lightest state carrying certain (integer or discrete) quantum numbers.
Depending on the string scale, they could be cold dark matter candidates with
properties similar to that of wimps or wimpzillas. The spectrum of excited
states of D-matter exhibits an interesting pattern which could be distinguished
from that of Kaluza-Klein modes, winding states, and string resonances. We
speculate about possible signatures of D-matter from ultra-high energy cosmic
rays and colliders.Comment: 25 pages, 5 figures, references adde
Open String Wavefunctions in Warped Compactifications
We analyze the wavefunctions for open strings in warped compactifications,
and compute the warped Kahler potential for the light modes of a probe D-brane.
This analysis not only applies to the dynamics of D-branes in warped
backgrounds, but also allows to deduce warping corrections to the closed string
Kahler metrics via their couplings to open strings. We consider in particular
the spectrum of D7-branes in warped Calabi-Yau orientifolds, which provide a
string theory realizations of the Randall-Sundrum scenario. We find that
certain background fluxes, necessary in the presence of warping, couple to the
fermionic wavefunctions and qualitatively change their behavior. This modified
dependence of the wavefunctions are needed for consistency with supersymmetry,
though it is present in non-supersymmetric vacua as well. We discuss the
deviations of our setup from the RS scenario and, as an application of our
results, compute the warping corrections to Yukawa couplings in a simple model.
Our analysis is performed both with and without the presence of D-brane
world-volume flux, as well as for the case of backgrounds with varying dilaton.Comment: 52 pages, refs. added, minor correction
Brane Junctions in the Randall-Sundrum Scenario
We present static solutions to Einstein's equations corresponding to branes
at various angles intersecting in a single 3-brane. Such configurations may be
useful for building models with localized gravity via the Randall-Sundrum
mechanism. We find that such solutions may exist only if the mechanical forces
acting on the junction exactly cancel. In addition to this constraint there are
further conditions that the parameters of the theory have to satisfy. We find
that at least one of these involves only the brane tensions and cosmological
constants, and thus can not have a dynamical origin. We present these
conditions in detail for two simple examples. We discuss the nature of the
cosmological constant problem in the framework of these scenarios, and outline
the desired features of the brane configurations which may bring us closer
towards the resolution of the cosmological constant problem.Comment: 15 pages, LaTeX. 4 postscript figures included. Typo corrected and
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