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Natural gauge-coupling unification at the string scale

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We argue that moduli in the adjoint representation of the standard- model gauge group are a natural feature of superstring models, and that they can account for the apparent discrepancy between the string and unification scales.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9510094,
  title  = {Natural gauge-coupling unification at the string scale},
  author = {C. Bachas and C. Fabre and T. Yanagida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9510094},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, LaTeX file. Minor modifications, final version to appear in Physics Letters B