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Standard Grand Unification from Superstrings
Recent developments about the construction of standard and
grand unified theories from 4-dimensional superstrings are presented. Explicit
techniques involving higher level affine Lie algebras, for obtaining such
stringGUTs from symmetric orbifolds are discussed. Special emphasis is put on
the different constraints and selection rules for model building in this string
framework, trying to disentangle those which are generic from those depending
on the orbifold construction proposed. Some phenomenological implications from
such constraints are briefly discussed.Comment: 7 pages, Latex, no figures. Talk at Susy 95. Paris, May 199
In quest of "just" the Standard Model on D-branes at a singularity
In this note we explore the possibility of obtaining gauge bosons and
fermionic spectrum as close as possible to the Standard Model content, by
placing D3-branes at a ZN orbifold-like singularity in the presence of
D7-branes. Indeed, we find that this is plausible provided a sufficiently high
N is allowed for and the singular point is also fixed by an orientifold action.
If extra charged matter is not permitted then the singularity should
necessarily be non-supersymmetric. Correct hypercharge assignments require a
dependence on some Abelian gauge D7-groups. In achieving such a construction we
follow a recent observation made in Ref. [hep-th/0105155] about the possibility
that, the three left handed quarks, would present different U(2) transformation
properties.Comment: 18 pages, 1 table, no figures, v2: typos correcte
Standard-like models from intersecting D4-branes
We construct a one-parameter set of intersecting D4-brane models, with six
stacks, that yield the (non-supersymmetric) standard model plus extra
vector-like matter. Twisted tadpoles and gauge anomalies are cancelled, and the
model contains all of the Yukawa couplings to the tachyonic Higgs doublets that
are needed to generate mass terms for the fermions.
A string scale in the range 1-10 TeV and a Higgs mass not much greater than
the current bound is obtained for certain values of the parameters,
consistently with the observed values of the gauge coupling constants.Comment: LaTeX file, 12 pages, v3 to appear in Phys. Lett.
Tachyon-free Non-supersymmetric Type IIB Orientifolds via Brane-Antibrane Systems
We derive the rules to construct type IIB compact orientifolds in six and
four dimensions including D-branes and anti-D-branes. Even though the models
are non-supersymmetric due to the presence of the anti-D-branes, we show that
it is easy to construct large classes of models free of tachyons.
Brane-antibrane annihilation can be prevented for instance by considering
models with branes and antibranes stuck at different fixed points in the
compact space. We construct several anomaly-free and tachyon-free
six-dimensional orientifolds containing D9-branes and anti-D5-branes. This
setup allows to construct four-dimensional chiral models with supersymmetry
unbroken in the bulk and in some D-brane sectors, whereas supersymmetry is
broken (at the string scale) in some `hidden' anti-D-brane sector. We present
several explicit models of this kind. We also comment on the role of the
non-cancelled attractive brane-antibrane forces and the non-vanishing
cosmological constant, as providing interesting dynamics for the geometric
moduli and the dilaton, which may contribute to their stabilization.Comment: 30 pages, Latex, no figures. Minor correction
On the quantization of the N=2 supersymmetric non linear sigma model
A method for quantizing the bidimensional N=2 supersymmetric non-linear sigma
model is developed. This method is both covariant under coordinate
transformations (concerning the order relevant for calculations) and explicitly
N=2 supersymmetric. The OPE of the supercurrent is computed accordingly,
including also the dilaton. By imposing the N=2 superconformal algebra the
equations for the metric and dilaton are obtained. In particular, they imply
that the dilaton is a constant.Comment: 16 page
The Dilaton Potential from N= 1*
Recent understanding of {\cal N}=1* supersymmetric theory (mass deformed
{\cal N}=4) has made it possible to find an exact superpotential which encodes
the properties of the different phases of the theory. We consider this
superpotential as an illustrative example for the source of a nontrivial scalar
potential for the string theory dilaton and study its properties. The
superpotential is characterized by the rank of the corresponding gauge group
(N) and integers p,q,k labelling the different massive phases of the theory.
For generic values of these parameters, we find the expected runaway behaviour
of the potential to vanishing string coupling. But there are also
supersymmetric minima at weak coupling stabilizing the dilaton field. An
interesting property of this potential is that there is a proliferation of
supersymmetric vacua in the confining phases, with the number of vacua
increasing with N and leading to a kind of staircase potential. For a range of
parameters, it is possible to obtain realistic values for the gauge coupling.Comment: Latex, 21 pages, 4 figures, v2: typos and eq.(2.1) corrected, v3:
comments on possible embeddings of the model in string theory adde
Double Field Theory: A Pedagogical Review
Double Field Theory (DFT) is a proposal to incorporate T-duality, a
distinctive symmetry of string theory, as a symmetry of a field theory defined
on a double configuration space. The aim of this review is to provide a
pedagogical presentation of DFT and its applications. We first introduce some
basic ideas on T-duality and supergravity in order to proceed to the
construction of generalized diffeomorphisms and an invariant action on the
double space. Steps towards the construction of a geometry on the double space
are discussed. We then address generalized Scherk-Schwarz compactifications of
DFT and their connection to gauged supergravity and flux compactifications. We
also discuss U-duality extensions, and present a brief parcours on world-sheet
approaches to DFT. Finally, we provide a summary of other developments and
applications that are not discussed in detail in the review.Comment: 121 pages, invited review for Class. Quantum Grav; v2: Updated
reference
Standard-like models from Intersecting D5-branes
We construct intersecting D5-brane orbifold models that yield the
(non-supersymmetric) standard model up to vector-like matter and
charged-singlet scalars.
The models are constrained by the requirement that twisted tadpoles cancel,
and that the gauge boson coupled to the weak hypercharge does not get
a string-scale mass via a generalised Green-Schwarz mechanism. Gauge coupling
constant ratios close to those measured are easily obtained for reasonable
values of the parameters, consistently with having the string scale close to
the electroweak scale, as required to avoid the hierarchy problem.Comment: 13 pages, LaTeX file, version to appear in Physics Letters
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