Vacuum energy cancellation in a nonsupersymmetric string - art. no. 106004

Authors
Kachru, S Kumar, J Silverstein, E
Citation
S. Kachru et al., Vacuum energy cancellation in a nonsupersymmetric string - art. no. 106004, PHYS REV D, 5910(10), 1999, pp. 6004
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW D
ISSN journal
05562821 → ACNP
Volume
5910
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Database
ISI
SICI code
0556-2821(19990515)5910:10<6004:VECIAN>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We present a nonsupersymmetric orbifold of type II string theory and show t hat it has a vanishing cosmological constant at the one and two loop levels . We argue heuristically that the cancellation may persist at higher loops. [S0556-2821(99)04808-0].