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A heterotic standard model
Author(s) -
Ovrut B.A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.200510264
Subject(s) - heterotic string theory , physics , superstring theory , particle physics , higgs boson , gauge group , instanton , lepton , quark , standard model (mathematical formulation) , context (archaeology) , neutrino , gauge boson , supersymmetry , gauge theory , gauge (firearms) , electron , nuclear physics , archaeology , history , paleontology , biology
Within the context of the E 8 × E 8 heterotic superstring compactified on a smooth Calabi‐Yau threefold with an SU (4) gauge instanton, we show the existence of simple, realistic N = 1 supersymmetric vacua that are compatible with low energy particle physics. The observable sector of these vacua has gauge group SU (3) C × SU (2) L × U (1) Y × U (1) B ‐ L , three families of quarks and leptons, each with an additional right‐handed neutrino , two Higgs‐Higgs conjugate pairs, a small number of uncharged moduli and no exotic matter .