E6 models from F-theory

DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2013)034zbMATH Open1342.81406arXiv1210.6913OpenAlexW3104752668MaRDI QIDQ302997FDOQ302997

Authors: James C. Callaghan, S. F. King 

Publication date: 12 August 2016

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: F-theory is a non-perturbative formulation of type IIB superstring theory which allows for the decoupling of gravity and for the formulation of GUT theories based on the gauge group E6. In this paper we explore F-theory models in which the low energy supersymmetric theory contains the particle content of three 27 dimensional representations of the underlying E6 gauge group, plus two extra right-handed neutrinos predicted from F and D flatness. The resulting TeV scale effective theory resembles either the E6SSM or the NMSSM+, depending on whether an additional Abelian gauge group does or does not survive. However there are novel features compared to both these models as follows: (i) If the additional Abelian gauge group is unbroken then it can have a weaker gauge coupling than in the E6SSM; (ii) If the additional Abelian gauge group is broken then non-perturbative effects can violate the scale invariance of the NMSSM+ leading to a generalised model; (iii) Unification is achieved not at the field theory level but at the F-theory level since the gauge couplings are split by flux effects, negating the need for any additional doublet states which are usually required; (iv) Proton decay is suppressed by the geometric coupling suppression of a singlet state, a mechanism peculiar to F-theory, which effectively suppresses the coupling of the exotic charge -1/3 colour triplet state D to quarks and leptons; (v) The D bar couples to left-handed leptoquarks, providing characteristic and striking signatures at the LHC.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.6913

zbMATH Keywords

strings and branes phenomenologysupersymmetry phenomenology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Experimental work for problems pertaining to quantum theory (81-05)

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