Vacuum constraints for realistic strongly coupled heterotic M-theories

DOI10.3390/SYM10120723MaRDI QIDQ2337869zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Burt A. Ovrut

Publication date 20 November 2019

Published in Symmetry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.08892

zbMATH Keywords

realistic M-theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: The compactification from the 11-dimensional Horava-Witten orbifold to 5-dimensional heterotic M-theory on a Schoen Calabi-Yau threefold is reviewed, as is the specific $SU(4)$ vector bundle leading to the "heterotic standard model" in the observable sector. A generic formalism for a consistent hidden sector gauge bundle, within the context of strongly coupled heterotic M-theory, is presented. Anomaly cancellation and the associated bulk space 5-branes are discussed in this context. The further compactification to a 4-dimensional effective field theory on a linearized BPS double domain wall is then presented to order $kapp{a}_{11}^{4/3}$. Specifically, the generic constraints required for anomaly cancellation and by the linearized domain wall solution, the constraints imposed by the necessity for positive, perturbative squared gauge couplings to this order and the restrictions on the $D$-terms for preserving or spontaneously breaking $N=1$ supersymmetry are presented.

Review text

Summary: The compactification from the 11-dimensional Horava-Witten orbifold to 5-dimensional heterotic M-theory on a Schoen Calabi-Yau threefold is reviewed, as is the specific \(\mathrm{SU}(4)\) vector bundle leading to the ``heterotic standard model in the observable sector. A generic formalism for a consistent hidden sector gauge bundle, within the context of strongly coupled heterotic M-theory, is presented. Anomaly cancellation and the associated bulk space 5-branes are discussed in this context. The further compactification to a 4-dimensional effective field theory on a linearized BPS double domain wall is then presented to order \(\kappa_{11}^{4 / 3}\). Specifically, the generic constraints required for anomaly cancellation and by the linearized domain wall solution, restrictions imposed by the vanishing of the \(D\)-terms and, finally, the constraints imposed by the necessity for positive, perturbative squared gauge couplings to this order are presented in detail.

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