The Higgs Mechanism in Heterotic Orbifolds
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-11 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We study spontaneous gauge symmetry breaking in the framework of orbifold compactifcations of heterotic string theory. In particular we investigate the electroweak symmetry breakdown via the Higgs mechanism. Such a breakdown can be achieved by continuous Wilson lines. Exploiting the geometrical properties of this scheme we develop a new technique which simplifies the analysis used in previous discussions.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0512270,
title = {The Higgs Mechanism in Heterotic Orbifolds},
author = {Stefan Forste and Hans Peter Nilles and Akin Wingerter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0512270},
year = {2009}
}
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38 pages, 10 figures