nLab gaugino condensation

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Idea

Discussion in heterotic M-theory aka Horava-Witten theory, where the two heterotic MO9-branes provide a natural mechanism for supersymmetry breaking on one (the physical brane) by gaugino condensation on the other (the “dark sector” brane):

lecture notes:

Hans-Peter Nilles, Gaugino Condensation and SUSY Breakdown, Lectures at Cargese School of Physics and Cosmology, Cargese, France, August 2003 (arXiv:hep-th/0402022)

original articles:

I. Antoniadis, M. Quiros, On the M-theory description of gaugino condensation, Phys.Lett. B416 (1998) 327-333 (arXiv:hep-th/9707208)
I. Antoniadis, M. Quiros, Supersymmetry breaking in M-theory and gaugino condensation, Nucl.Phys. B505 (1997) 109-122 (arXiv:hep-th/9705037)
André Lukas, Burt Ovrut, Daniel Waldram, Gaugino condensation in M theory on $S^1/Z_2$ , Phys. Rev. D 57, 7529 (1998) (arXiv:hep-th/9711197, doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.57.7529)
André Lukas, Burt Ovrut, Daniel Waldram, Five-Branes and Supersymmetry Breaking in M-Theory, JHEP 9904:009, 1999 (arXiv:hep-th/9901017)

Zygmunt Lalak, Steven Thomas, Gaugino Condensation, Moduli Potentials and Supersymmetry Breaking in M-Theory Models, Nuclear Physics B Volume 515, Issues 1–2, 30 March 1998, Pages 55-72 Nuclear Physics B (hep-th/9707223, doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00784-0)

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