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6 papers

hep-th2026

Non-supersymmetric dualities beyond the gauge algebra

Bernardo Fraiman, Vittorio Larotonda, Ling Lin +1

We provide a testing ground for dualities of non-supersymmetric type 0 orientifolds by finding the global forms of their gauge groups. As an example, we consider the Bergman--Gaber…

hep-th2026

Heterotic Ouroboros

Chiara Altavista, Salvatore Raucci, Angel M. Uranga +1

M-theory on has recently been proposed to yield, via quotients, ten-dimensional non-supersymmetric string theories. We revisit the construction t…

hep-th2026

Alice in Warpland: KK modes, Warped Compactifications and the Swampland

Salvatore Raucci, Ignacio Ruiz, Irene Valenzuela

We investigate the asymptotic behavior of Kaluza-Klein (KK) towers in warped compactifications to Minkowski space. Focusing on the overall decompactification limit, we derive the s…

hep-th2026

Aspects of strings without spacetime supersymmetry

Giorgio Leone, Salvatore Raucci

String theory relies on spacetime supersymmetry to guarantee the existence of stable vacua. In this review, we survey two features of non-supersymmetric strings that challenge both…

hep-th2026

Hořava-Witten theory on as type 0 orientifold

Chiara Altavista, Edoardo Anastasi, Salvatore Raucci +2

We investigate dualities between quotients of recently proposed compactifications of M-theory on `quantum geometries' of the form ${\mathbf{S}}^1\vee{\mathbf{S}}^1…

hep-th2025

AdS vacua of non-supersymmetric strings

Salvatore Raucci, Alessandro Tomasiello

Few vacua are known for the three tachyon-free non-supersymmetric string theories. We find new classes of AdS backgrounds by focusing on spaces where the equations of motion reduce…