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Classification of Flipped SU(5) Heterotic-String Vacua
We extend the classification of the free fermionic heterotic-string vacua to
models in which the SO(10) GUT symmetry at the string scale is broken to the
flipped SU(5) subgroup. In our classification method, the set of basis vectors
defined by the boundary conditions which are assigned to the free fermions is
fixed and the enumeration of the string vacua is obtained in terms of the
Generalised GSO (GGSO) projection coefficients entering the one-loop partition
function. We derive algebraic expressions for the GGSO projections for all the
physical states appearing in the sectors generated by the set of basis vectors.
This enables the analysis of the entire string spectrum to be programmed in to
a computer code therefore, we performed a statistical sampling in the space of
2^{44} (approximately 10^{13}) flipped vacua and scanned up to 10^{12}
GGSO configurations. For that purpose, two independent codes were developed
based on JAVA and FORTRAN95. All the results presented here are confirmed by
the two independent routines. Contrary to the corresponding Pati-Salam
classification, we do not find exophobic flipped SU(5) vacua with an odd number
of generations. We study the structure of exotic states appearing in the three
generation models that additionally contain a viable Higgs spectrum. Moreover,
we demonstrate the existence of models in which all the exotic states are
confined by a hidden sector non-Abelian gauge symmetry as well as models that
may admit the racetrack mechanism.Comment: Minor changes (Version 2) - 51 pages - 3 figures - Added
acknowledgement
Non-Tachyonic Semi-Realistic Non-Supersymmetric Heterotic String Vacua
The heterotic--string models in the free fermionic formulation gave rise to
some of the most realistic string models to date, which possess N=1 spacetime
supersymmetry. Lack of evidence for supersymmetry at the LHC instigated recent
interest in non-supersymmetric heterotic-string vacua. We explore what may be
learned in this context from the quasi--realistic free fermionic models. We
show that constructions with a low number of families give rise to
proliferation of a priori tachyon producing sectors, compared to the
non--realistic examples, which typically may contain only one such sector. The
reason being that in the realistic cases the internal six dimensional space is
fragmented into smaller units. We present one example of a quasi--realistic,
non--supersymmetric, non--tachyonic, heterotic--string vacuum and compare the
structure of its massless spectrum to the corresponding supersymmetric vacuum.
While in some sectors supersymmetry is broken explicitly, i.e. the bosonic and
fermionic sectors produce massless and massive states, other sectors, and in
particular those leading to the chiral families, continue to exhibit fermi-bose
degeneracy. In these sectors the massless spectrum, as compared to the
supersymmetric cases, will only differ in some local or global U(1) charges. We
discuss the conditions for obtaining at the massless level in these
models. Our example model contains an anomalous U(1) symmetry, which generates
a tadpole diagram at one loop-order in string perturbation theory. We speculate
that this tadpole diagram may cancel the corresponding diagram generated by the
one-loop non-vanishing vacuum energy and that in this respect the
supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric vacua should be regarded on equal
footing. Finally we discuss vacua that contain two supersymmetry generating
sectors.Comment: 31 pages. 10 tables. Minor corrections. Tables are amended. Published
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Monolayer honeycomb structures of group IV elements and III-V binary compounds
Using first-principles plane wave calculations, we investigate two
dimensional honeycomb structure of Group IV elements and their binary
compounds, as well as the compounds of Group III-V elements. Based on structure
optimization and phonon mode calculations, we determine that 22 different
honeycomb materials are stable and correspond to local minima on the
Born-Oppenheimer surface. We also find that all the binary compounds containing
one of the first row elements, B, C or N have planar stable structures. On the
other hand, in the honeycomb structures of Si, Ge and other binary compounds
the alternating atoms of hexagons are buckled, since the stability is
maintained by puckering. For those honeycomb materials which were found stable,
we calculated optimized structures, cohesive energies, phonon modes, electronic
band structures, effective cation and anion charges, and some elastic
constants. The band gaps calculated within Density Functional Theory using
Local Density Approximation are corrected by GW0 method. Si and Ge in honeycomb
structure are semimetal and have linear band crossing at the Fermi level which
attributes massless Fermion character to charge carriers as in graphene.
However, all binary compounds are found to be semiconductor with band gaps
depending on the constituent atoms. We present a method to reveal elastic
constants of 2D honeycomb structures from the strain energy and calculate the
Poisson's ratio as well as in-plane stiffness values. Preliminary results show
that the nearly lattice matched heterostructures of ...Comment: 12 Pages, 7 Figures, 1 Table;
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.80.15545
The role of effective communication and trustworthiness in determining guests’ loyalty
The file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.This study investigates the role of trustworthiness and effective communication in the development of guests’ loyalty within the hotel sector. We propose and test a conceptual model that differentiates between two types of loyalty: attitudinal and behavioral. As hotels can control and manage how they communicate their desired characteristics to guests, we posit effective communication and a hotel’s trustworthiness as the key concepts in building loyalty. This study reports on the findings of a study based on 322 hotel guests. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results reveal that implementing effective communication methods leads to a trustworthy image, which in turn has a positive impact on attitudinal and behavioral loyalty. This research provides hotel managers with strategic directions for cultivating guest loyalty
Halo properties and secular evolution in barred galaxies
The halo plays a crucial role in the evolution of barred galaxies. Its
near-resonant material absorbs angular momentum emitted from some of the disc
particles and helps the bar become stronger. As a result, a bar (oval) forms in
the inner parts of the halo of strongly barred disc galaxies. It is thinner in
the inner parts (but still considerably fatter than the disc bar) and tends to
spherical at larger radii. Its length increases with time, while always staying
shorter than the disc bar. It is roughly aligned with the disc bar, which it
trails only slightly, and it turns with roughly the same pattern speed. The
bi-symmetric component of the halo density continues well outside the halo bar,
where it clearly trails behind the disc bar. The length and strength of the
disc and halo bars correlate; the former being always much stronger than the
latter. If the halo is composed of weakly interacting massive particles, then
the formation of the halo bar, by redistributing the matter in the halo and
changing its shape, could influence the expected annihilation signal. This is
indeed found to be the case if the halo has a core, but not if it has a steep
cusp. The formation and evolution of the bar strongly affect the halo orbits. A
fraction of them becomes near-resonant, similar to the disc near-resonant
orbits at the same resonance, while another fraction becomes chaotic. Finally,
a massive and responsive halo makes it harder for a central mass concentration
to destroy the disc bar.Comment: 6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in "Island Universes - Structure and
Evolution of Disk Galaxies" ed. R. S. de Jon
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