Heterotic strings on G₂ orbifolds

DOI10.1007/JHEP11(2010)115zbMATH Open1294.81194arXiv1009.4422MaRDI QIDQ406750FDOQ406750

Authors: Anamaría Font 

Publication date: 29 August 2014

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

Abstract: We study compactification of heterotic strings to three dimensions on orbifolds of G_2 holonomy. We consider the standard embedding and show that the gauge group is broken from E_8 x E_8 or SO(32) to F_4 x E_8 or SO(25) respectively. We also compute the spectrum of massless states and compare with the results obtained from reduction of the 10-dimensional fields. Non-standard embeddings are discussed briefly. For type II compactifications we verify that IIB and IIA have equal massless spectrum.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.4422

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zbMATH Keywords

M-theorysuperstring vacuasuperstrings and heterotic strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Orbifold cohomology (55N32)

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