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We study the existence of metastable vacua in cascades based on fractional brane configurations at non-isolated singularities preserving \( \mathcal{N} = 1 \) supersymmetry. We find that in a large class of models the extra moduli typically generated along such cascades may be stabilized by utilizing special monopole points found recently. We illustrate this in detail for cascades based on the SPP singularity. The supergravity interpretation of these constructions in terms of warped throats with supersymmetry breaking localized near their tips as well as applications to string compactification is discussed. Our constructions are designed to realize a large class of warped throats with supersymmetry breaking localized inside of a highly curved tip region.
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Simić, D. Metastable vacua in warped throats at non-isolated singularities. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 17 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2011)017
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