TOWARD CLASSIFICATION OF THE REALISTIC FREE-FERMIONIC SUPERSTRING MODELS

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DOI10.1142/S0217751X99000841zbMATH Open0938.81031arXivhep-th/9708112OpenAlexW2949853719MaRDI QIDQ4949005FDOQ4949005

Alon E. Faraggi

Publication date: 27 April 2000

Published in: International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The realistic free fermionic models have had remarkable success in providing plausible explanations for various properties of the Standard Model which include the natural appearance of three generations, the explanation of the heavy top quark mass and the qualitative structure of the fermion mass spectrum in general, the stability of the proton and more. These intriguing achievements makes evident the need to understand the general space of these models. While the number of possibilities is large, general patterns can be extracted. In this paper I present a detailed discussion on the construction of the realistic free fermionic models with the aim of providing some insight into the basic structures and building blocks that enter the construction. The role of free phases in the determination of the phenomenology of the models is discussed in detail. I discuss the connection between the free phases and mirror symmetry in (2,2) models and the corresponding symmetries in the case of the (2,0) models. The importance of the free phases in determining the effective low energy phenomenology is illustrated in several examples. The classification of the models in terms of boundary condition selection rules, real world-sheet fermion pairings, exotic matter states and the hidden sector is discussed.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9708112




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