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The Spectra of Heterotic Standard Model Vacua

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

A formalism for determining the massless spectrum of a class of realistic heterotic string vacua is presented. These vacua, which consist of SU(5) holomorphic bundles on torus-fibered Calabi-Yau threefolds with fundamental group Z_2, lead to low energy theories with standard model gauge group (SU(3)_C x SU(2)_L x U(1)_Y)/Z_6 and three families of quarks and leptons. A methodology for determining the sheaf cohomology of these bundles and the representation of Z_2 on each cohomology group is given. Combining these results with the action of a Z_2 Wilson line, we compute, tabulate and discuss the massless spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0411156,
  title  = {The Spectra of Heterotic Standard Model Vacua},
  author = {Ron Donagi and Yang-Hui He and Burt A. Ovrut and Rene Reinbacher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0411156},
  year   = {2009}
}

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41+1pp, 2 figs