Theory HEP Seminar

Supersymmetry and Moduli Stabilization in Heterotic M-theory

Lara Anderson

University of Pennsylvania

I will discuss important sub-structure that arises in the supersymmetric moduli space of heterotic theories. Smooth heterotic theories typically only admit supersymmetric gauge configurations in a sub-region of their total moduli space. I will discuss heterotic supersymmetry and vector bundle slope stability from an effective field theory point of view, and demonstrate how the presence of boundary walls between supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric regions can have significant phenomenological effects. I will also explore a novel approach to the Hermitian Yang Mills equations and moduli stabilization.