TeV-Scale strings
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
This article discusses the status of string physics where the string tension is around the TeV scale. The article covers model building basics for perturbative strings, based on D-brane configurations. The effective low energy physics description of such string constructions is analyzed: how anomaly cancellation is implemented, how fast proton decay is avoided and how D-brane models lead to additional particles. This review also discusses direct search bounds for strings at the TeV scale, as well as theoretical issues with model building related to flavor physics and axions.
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@article{arxiv.1401.4491,
title = {TeV-Scale strings},
author = {David Berenstein},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.4491},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Review paper submitted to the Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. 30 pages