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We construct type I string models with supersymmetry broken by compactifi- cation that are non-tachyonic and have exponentially small effective potential at one-loop. All open string moduli can be stabilized, while the closed string moduli remain massless at one-loop. The backgrounds of interest have rigid Wilson lines by the use of stacked branes, and some models should have heterotic duals. We also present non-tachyonic backgrounds with positive potentials of runaway type at one-loop. This class of models could be used to test various swampland conjectures.
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Abel, S., Dudas, E., Lewis, D. et al. Stability and vacuum energy in open string models with broken supersymmetry. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 226 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2019)226
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