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Abelian discrete symmetries Z_{N} and Z_{nR} from string orbifolds

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-16 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We show that Abelian discrete symmetries Z_{N} and Z_{nR} from string orbifolds result by assigning vacuum expectation values(VEVs) only to specified singlets. These singlets obtaining VEVs carry the gauge charges (of the covering U(1) gauge group) as multiples of N for Z_N and n for Z_{nR}. We explicitly show this realization in a Z_{12-I} orbifold model.

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@article{arxiv.1308.0344,
  title  = {Abelian discrete symmetries Z_{N} and Z_{nR} from string orbifolds},
  author = {Jihn E. Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1308.0344},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Phys. Letters B