Fermion Masses in Superstring Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2010-11-01 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We give a model-independent discussion of fermion masses in four-dimensional heterotic superstring theories. We discuss the tree level contributions and quantum corrections, including one-loop threshold effects and masses generated as a result of non-perturbative supersymmetry breaking. We also point out that superstring models give rise to a generic -term in the effective low energy Lagrangian.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9411218,
title = {Fermion Masses in Superstring Theory},
author = {I. Antoniadis and T. R. Taylor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9411218},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
13 pages, latex. Based on talks presented at the Spring Workshop on String Theory, ICTP, Trieste, 11-22 April 1994, and at the Joint U.S.-Polish Workshop on Physics from Planck Scale to Electroweak Scale, Warsaw, Poland, 21-24 September 1994