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Intersecting D6-branes on the Z_{12}-II orientifold

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-17 v4

Abstract

Much work has been done by a number of authors with the aim of constructing the supersymmetric Standard Model in type IIA intersecting-brane theories compactified on an orientifold with various Z_N or Z_M x Z_N point groups. Here we consider the Z_{12} point group which has previously received comparatively little attention. We consider intersecting D6-branes that wrap 3-cycles consisting of a 2-cycle of the 4-dimensional lattice upon which the Z_{12} is realised times a 1-cycle of the remaining 2-torus. Our discussion is restricted to the case when these 2-cycles are "factorisable" in the sense discussed in section 3. Although it is possible to find models with the correct supersymmetric Standard Model quark-doublet content, we have not found it possible to obtain the correct quark-singlet content.

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@article{arxiv.1310.8215,
  title  = {Intersecting D6-branes on the Z_{12}-II orientifold},
  author = {David Bailin and Alex Love},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.8215},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

Slightly revised version to be published in JHEP, 24 pages