Mind the gap: supersymmetry breaking in scaling, microstate geometries

Microstate Geometries and Entropy Enhancement

In string theory, black-hole backgrounds are far from unique and there are large families of completely smooth, horizonless geometries with the same structure as a black hole from infinity down to the neighborhood of the black-hole horizon. These microstate geometries cap off in foam of topological bubbles. I review some of the recent progress in constructing these smooth horizonless geometries...

“Mind the Gap” in Reporting the Outdated Statistics

Dual Supersymmetry Algebras from Partial Supersymmetry Breaking

The partial breaking of supersymmetry in flat space can be accomplished using any one of three dual representations for the massive N = 1 spin-3/2 multiplet. Each of the representations can be “unHiggsed”, which gives rise to a set of dual N = 2 supergravities and supersymmetry algebras.

New Supersymmetry Algebras from Partial Supersymmetry Breaking

In this talk we will study the partial breaking of supersymmetry in flat and anti de Sitter space. We will see that partial breaking in flat space can be accomplished using either of two representations for the massive N = 1 spin-3/2 multiplet. We will “unHiggs” each representation and find a new N = 2 supergravity and a new N = 2 supersymmetry algebra. We will also see that partial supersymmet...

Criticality or Supersymmetry Breaking ?

Igor V. Ovchinnikov, ∗ Wenyuan Li, Yuquan Sun, Robert N. Schwartz, Andrew E. Hudson, Karlheinz Meier, and Kang L. Wang † Department of Electrical Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USA LMIB & School of Mathematics and Systems Science, BeiHang University, Beijing 100191, China Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA USA Kirc...