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From black holes to flux throats
Author(s) -
CohenMaldonado Diego,
Diaz Juan,
Van Riet Thomas,
Vercnocke Bert
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.201500081
Subject(s) - supersymmetry , physics , analogy , string theory , theoretical physics , string (physics) , supersymmetry breaking , brane cosmology , key (lock) , particle physics , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , computer security
Supersymmetry‐breaking is a key ingredient for string theory models to be phenomenologically viable. We review the strong analogy in the physics and methods used for describing non‐supersymmetric flux vacua and non‐supersymmetric black holes in string theory. We also show how the polarized state could be the key to describing a well‐behaved back‐reaction of anti‐branes in flux backgrounds, shedding a new light on a recent debate in the literature.