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Flipped SU(5) GUTs from E_8 Singularities in F-theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-03-16 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In this paper we construct supersymmetric flipped SU(5) GUTs from E_8 singularities in F-theory. We start from an SO(10) singularity unfolded from an E_8 singularity by using an SU(4) spectral cover. To obtain realistic models, we consider (3,1) and (2,2) factorizations of the SU(4) cover. After turning on the massless U(1)_X gauge flux, we obtain the SU(5) X U(1)_X gauge group. Based on the well-studied geometric backgrounds in the literature, we demonstrate several models and discuss their phenomenology.

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@article{arxiv.1005.5728,
  title  = {Flipped SU(5) GUTs from E_8 Singularities in F-theory},
  author = {Ching-Ming Chen and Yu-Chieh Chung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.5728},
  year   = {2011}
}

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46 pages, 23 tables, 1 figure, typos corrected, references added, and new examples presented

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