Phenomenology of Heterotic String Theory: With Emphasis on the B-L/EW Hierarchy

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Heterotic
String Theory
Renormalization group equations
Elementary Particles and Fields and String Theory
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E8 x E8 heterotic string and M-theory, when appropriately compactified, can give rise to realistic, N = 1 supersymmetric particle physics. In particular, the exact matter spectrum of the MSSM is obtained by compactifying on Calabi-Yau manifolds admitting specific SU(4) vector bundles. These "heterotic standard models" have the SU(3)C x SU(2)L x U(1)Y gauge group of the standard model augmented

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Burt Ovrut
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2010-08-13
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