Strings on orbifolds

Kang Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim

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Abstract

As discussed in the previous chapter, the heterotic string possesses very rich symmetries. It naturally describes SO(32) and E8 ×E8 gauge group, by assigned charges along the string. Also it has sixteen real (N = 4 in four dimension) supersymmetries. However, these symmetries are too large from the phenomenological point of view, by the criteria discussed in Chap. 2. Namely, in weakly coupled string theories, unless the fortuitous appearance of family structure results from the twisted sector as we will see it is better for a big gauge group is given already so that the standard model(SM) gauge group of rank 4 can be embedded there. In addition, as emphasized in Chap. 2, the group must allow "spinor representation" of SO(10). This leads to the E8 ×E′8 heterotic string as the first choice. In a strongly coupled string, nonperturbative effects may produce defects and we have to consider branes also. Compactification of strongly coupled strings are briefly sketched in Appendix B.2.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationQuarks and Leptons From Orbifolded Superstring
Pages149-183
Number of pages35
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Physics
Volume696
ISSN (Print)0075-8450

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
* Research supported m part by NSF Grant PHY80-19754 Supported by an NSF Graduate Student Fellowship

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