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$SO(32)$ heterotic standard model vacua in general Calabi-Yau compactifications

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-12-05 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We study a direct flux breaking scenario in SO(32)SO(32) heterotic string theory on general Calabi-Yau threefolds. The direct flux breaking, corresponding to hypercharge flux breaking in the F-theory context, allows us to derive the Standard Model in general Calabi-Yau compactifications. We present a general formula leading to the three generations of quarks and leptons and no chiral exotics in a background-independent way. As a concrete example, we show the three-generation model on a complete intersection Calabi-Yau threefold.

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@article{arxiv.1809.00838,
  title  = {$SO(32)$ heterotic standard model vacua in general Calabi-Yau compactifications},
  author = {Hajime Otsuka and Kenta Takemoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.00838},
  year   = {2018}
}

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22 pages