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SO(32) heterotic line bundle models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-05-10 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We search for the three-generation standard-like and/or Pati-Salam models from the SO(32)SO(32) heterotic string theory on smooth, quotient complete intersection Calabi-Yau threefolds with multiple line bundles, each with structure group U(1)U(1). These models are S- and T-dual to intersecting D-brane models in type IIA string theory. We find that the stable line bundles and Wilson lines lead to the standard model gauge group with an extra U(1)BLU(1)_{B-L} via a Pati-Salam-like symmetry and the obtained spectrum consists of three chiral generations of quarks and leptons, and vector-like particles. Green-Schwarz anomalous U(1) symmetries control not only the Yukawa couplings of the quarks and leptons but also the higher-dimensional operators causing the proton decay.

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@article{arxiv.1801.03684,
  title  = {SO(32) heterotic line bundle models},
  author = {Hajime Otsuka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.03684},
  year   = {2018}
}

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24 pages, v2: published version

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