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Hypercharge Flux, Exotics, and Anomaly Cancellation in F-theory GUTs

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-03-18 v2

Abstract

We sharpen constraints related to hypercharge flux in F-theory GUTs that possess U(1) symmetries and argue that they arise as a consequence of 4-dimensional anomaly cancellation. This gives a physical explanation for all restrictions that were observed in spectral cover models while demonstrating that the phenomenological implications for a well-motivated set of models are not tied to any particular formalism.

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@article{arxiv.1011.2212,
  title  = {Hypercharge Flux, Exotics, and Anomaly Cancellation in F-theory GUTs},
  author = {Joseph Marsano},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.2212},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

5 pages; v2 published version: substantially revised (reordered some material, added discussion of MSSM gauge anomalies), references added