Heterotic Brane World
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
Orbifold compactification of heterotic E8 x E8 string theory is a source for promising grand unified model building. It can accommodate the successful aspects of grand unification while avoiding problems like doublet-triplet splitting in the Higgs sector. Many of the phenomenological properties of the 4-dimensional effective theory find an explanation through the geometry of compact space and the location of matter and Higgs fields. These geometrical properties can be used as a guideline for realistic model building.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0406208,
title = {Heterotic Brane World},
author = {Stefan Forste and Hans Peter Nilles and Patrick K. S. Vaudrevange and Akin Wingerter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0406208},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
33 pages, 11 figures