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1 Grand Unification and Strings: the Geography of Extra Dimensions Hans Peter Nilles Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bonn Based on work with S. Förste, P. Vaudrevange and A. Wingerter hep-th/ , hep-th , hep-th/ Durham, December 05 p.1/45
2 Outline Grand Unification GUTs without GUT group Spinors of SO(10) An SO(10) Model with 3 Families Gauge group geography in extra dimensions Unification (sin 2 θ W ) Proton decay Yukawa textures and flavour symmetries Electroweak symmetry breakdown Outlook Durham, December 05 p.2/45
3 Bottom-up input Experimental findings suggest the existence of two new scales of physics beyond the standard model M GUT GeV (and M SUSY 10 3 GeV): Durham, December 05 p.3/45
4 Bottom-up input Experimental findings suggest the existence of two new scales of physics beyond the standard model M GUT GeV (and M SUSY 10 3 GeV): Neutrino-oscillations and See-Saw Mechanismus m ν M 2 W /M GUT m ν 10 3 ev for M W 100GeV, Durham, December 05 p.3/45
5 Bottom-up input Experimental findings suggest the existence of two new scales of physics beyond the standard model M GUT GeV (and M SUSY 10 3 GeV): Neutrino-oscillations and See-Saw Mechanismus m ν M 2 W /M GUT m ν 10 3 ev for M W 100GeV, Evolution of couplings constants of the standard model towards higher energies. Durham, December 05 p.3/45
6 Bottom-up input Experimental findings suggest the existence of two new scales of physics beyond the standard model M GUT GeV (and M SUSY 10 3 GeV): Neutrino-oscillations and See-Saw Mechanismus m ν M 2 W /M GUT m ν 10 3 ev for M W 100GeV, Evolution of couplings constants of the standard model towards higher energies. Does this fit in the Landscape of string theory? Durham, December 05 p.3/45
7 MSSM (supersymmetric) Durham, December 05 p.4/45
8 Standard Model Durham, December 05 p.5/45
9 Grand Unification has changed our view of the world, but there are also some problematic aspects of the grand unified picture. Durham, December 05 p.6/45
10 Grand Unification has changed our view of the world, but there are also some problematic aspects of the grand unified picture. Most notably absence of proton decay doublet - triplet splitting complicated Higgs sector to break grand unified gauge group spontaneously Durham, December 05 p.6/45
11 Grand Unification has changed our view of the world, but there are also some problematic aspects of the grand unified picture. Most notably absence of proton decay doublet - triplet splitting complicated Higgs sector to break grand unified gauge group spontaneously Can we avoid these problems in a more complete theory? Durham, December 05 p.6/45
12 String theory candidates In ten space-time dimensions... Type I SO(32) Type II orientifolds Heterotic SO(32) Heterotic E 8 E 8 Intersecting Branes U(N) M Durham, December 05 p.7/45
13 String theory candidates In ten space-time dimensions... Type I SO(32) Type II orientifolds Heterotic SO(32) Heterotic E 8 E 8 Intersecting Branes U(N) M...or in eleven Horava-Witten heterotic M-theory Type IIA on manifolds with G 2 holonomy Durham, December 05 p.7/45
14 Orbifolds Orbifold compactifications combine the success of Calabi-Yau compactification calculability of torus compactification Durham, December 05 p.8/45
15 Orbifolds Orbifold compactifications combine the success of Calabi-Yau compactification calculability of torus compactification In case of the heterotic string fields can propagate in the Bulk (d = 10 untwisted sector) on 3-Branes (d = 4 twisted sector fixed points) on 5-Branes (d = 6 twisted sector fixed tori) Durham, December 05 p.8/45
16 Z2 Example Z2 action e6 e5 e6 e5 The geometry of the Z2 orbifold. Durham, December 05 p.9/45
17 Z 3 Example Durham, December 05 p.10/45
18 Z 3 Example Action of the space group on coordinates X i (θ k X) i + n α e i α, k = 0, 1, 2, i, α = 1,..., 6 Embed twist in gauge degrees of freedom X I (Θ k X) I I = 1,..., 16 Durham, December 05 p.10/45
19 Classification of Z 3 Orbifold Very few inequivalent models Durham, December 05 p.11/45
20 Classification of Z 3 Orbifold Very few inequivalent models Case Shift V Gauge Group Gen ` 1 3, 1 3, 2, 05 `08 3 ` 1 3, 1 3, 2 3, 05 ` 1 3, 1 3, 2 3, 05 ` 1 3, 1 3, 06 ` 2 3, 07 ` 1 3, 1 3, 1 3, 1 3, 2 3, 03 ` 2 3, 07 E 6 SU(3) E 8 36 E 6 SU(3) E 6 SU(3) 9 E 7 U(1) SO(14) U(1) 0 SU(9) SO(14) U(1) 9 Durham, December 05 p.11/45
21 Classification of Z 3 Orbifold Very few inequivalent models Case Shift V Gauge Group Gen ` 1 3, 1 3, 2, 05 `08 3 ` 1 3, 1 3, 2 3, 05 ` 1 3, 1 3, 2 3, 05 ` 1 3, 1 3, 06 ` 2 3, 07 ` 1 3, 1 3, 1 3, 1 3, 2 3, 03 ` 2 3, 07 E 6 SU(3) E 8 36 E 6 SU(3) E 6 SU(3) 9 E 7 U(1) SO(14) U(1) 0 SU(9) SO(14) U(1) 9 as a result of the degeneracy of the matter multiplets at the 27 fixed points Durham, December 05 p.11/45
22 Classification of Z 3 Orbifold Very few inequivalent models Case Shift V Gauge Group Gen ` 1 3, 1 3, 2, 05 `08 3 ` 1 3, 1 3, 2 3, 05 ` 1 3, 1 3, 2 3, 05 ` 1 3, 1 3, 06 ` 2 3, 07 ` 1 3, 1 3, 1 3, 1 3, 2 3, 03 ` 2 3, 07 E 6 SU(3) E 8 36 E 6 SU(3) E 6 SU(3) 9 E 7 U(1) SO(14) U(1) 0 SU(9) SO(14) U(1) 9 as a result of the degeneracy of the matter multiplets at the 27 fixed points We need to lift this degeneracy... Durham, December 05 p.11/45
23 Z 3 Orbifold with Wilson lines Torus shifts embedded in gauge group as well X I X I + V I + n α A I α Durham, December 05 p.12/45
24 Z 3 Orbifold with Wilson lines Torus shifts embedded in gauge group as well X I X I + V I + n α A I α further gauge symmetry breakdown number of generations reduced Durham, December 05 p.12/45
25 Early work on the Z 3 Orbifold Successful model building with three families of quarks and leptons gauge group SU(3) SU(2) U(1) n doublet-triplet splitting mechanism for Yukawa suppression absence of grand unified gauge bosons Durham, December 05 p.13/45
26 Early work on the Z 3 Orbifold Successful model building with three families of quarks and leptons gauge group SU(3) SU(2) U(1) n doublet-triplet splitting mechanism for Yukawa suppression absence of grand unified gauge bosons Leads to a picture of GUTs without GUT group Incomplete gauge and Higgs multiplets Transparent geometric interpretation Durham, December 05 p.13/45
27 Things to improve For models with SU(3) SU(2) U(1) gauge group, the Z 3 orbifold example is too rigid only fixed points and no fixed tori no normal grand unified picture (like SO(10)) no large string threshold corrections problems with electroweak symmetry breakdown value of sin 2 θ W 3/8 Durham, December 05 p.14/45
28 Things to improve For models with SU(3) SU(2) U(1) gauge group, the Z 3 orbifold example is too rigid only fixed points and no fixed tori no normal grand unified picture (like SO(10)) no large string threshold corrections problems with electroweak symmetry breakdown value of sin 2 θ W 3/8 A successful approach in the framework of the Z 3 -orbifold might be SU(3) 3 trinification (Choi, Kim, 2003; Kim, 2004) Durham, December 05 p.14/45
29 Work in the 90 s some continuation on orbifold constructions, though not very specific fermionic formulation of heterotic string with very specific (semi) realistic models Type IIB orientifolds D brane constructions intersecting branes Durham, December 05 p.15/45
30 Work in the 90 s some continuation on orbifold constructions, though not very specific fermionic formulation of heterotic string with very specific (semi) realistic models Type IIB orientifolds D brane constructions intersecting branes This gives a vast variety of models, both with or without supersymmetry in d = 4... small or large compactified dimensions... Durham, December 05 p.15/45
31 Some basic observations Gauge couplings meet at GeV in the framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) Durham, December 05 p.16/45
32 Some basic observations Gauge couplings meet at GeV in the framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) See-saw mechanism for neutrino sector favours the interpretation of a family of quarks and leptons as a 16 dimensional spinor representation of SO(10) Durham, December 05 p.16/45
33 Some basic observations Gauge couplings meet at GeV in the framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) See-saw mechanism for neutrino sector favours the interpretation of a family of quarks and leptons as a 16 dimensional spinor representation of SO(10) Model building in field theoretic orbifold GUTs in 5 and 6 dimensions seems to lead to promising results Durham, December 05 p.16/45
34 Some basic observations Gauge couplings meet at GeV in the framework of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) See-saw mechanism for neutrino sector favours the interpretation of a family of quarks and leptons as a 16 dimensional spinor representation of SO(10) Model building in field theoretic orbifold GUTs in 5 and 6 dimensions seems to lead to promising results Can we incorporate this into a string theory description? Durham, December 05 p.16/45
35 Five golden rules Family as spinor of SO(10) Incomplete multiplets N = 1 superymmetry in d = 4 Repetition of families from geometry Discrete symmetries of stringy origin (HPN, 2004) Durham, December 05 p.17/45
36 Five golden rules Family as spinor of SO(10) Incomplete multiplets N = 1 superymmetry in d = 4 Repetition of families from geometry Discrete symmetries of stringy origin (HPN, 2004) Such a scheme should incorporate the successful structures of SO(10)-GUTs avoid (some of) the problems Durham, December 05 p.17/45
37 Five golden rules Family as spinor of SO(10) Incomplete multiplets N = 1 superymmetry in d = 4 Repetition of families from geometry Discrete symmetries of stringy origin (HPN, 2004) Such a scheme should incorporate the successful structures of SO(10)-GUTs avoid (some of) the problems We need more general constructions to identify remnants of SO(10) in string theory... Durham, December 05 p.17/45
38 Candidates In ten space-time dimensions... Type I SO(32) Type II orientifolds Heterotic SO(32) Heterotic E 8 E 8 Intersecting Branes U(N) M Durham, December 05 p.18/45
39 Candidates In ten space-time dimensions... Type I SO(32) Type II orientifolds Heterotic SO(32) Heterotic E 8 E 8 Intersecting Branes U(N) M...or in eleven Horava-Witten heterotic M-theory Type IIA on manifolds with G 2 holonomy Durham, December 05 p.18/45
40 Remnants of SO(10) symmetry If we insist on the spinor representation of SO(10) we are essentially left with heterotic E 8 E 8 or SO(32) go beyond the simple example of the Z 3 orbifold Durham, December 05 p.19/45
41 Remnants of SO(10) symmetry If we insist on the spinor representation of SO(10) we are essentially left with heterotic E 8 E 8 or SO(32) go beyond the simple example of the Z 3 orbifold The Z 3 orbifold had fixed points but no fixed tori, leading to difficulties to incorporate a correctly normalized U(1)-hypercharge accomodate satisfactory Yukawa couplings Durham, December 05 p.19/45
42 Remnants of SO(10) symmetry If we insist on the spinor representation of SO(10) we are essentially left with heterotic E 8 E 8 or SO(32) go beyond the simple example of the Z 3 orbifold The Z 3 orbifold had fixed points but no fixed tori, leading to difficulties to incorporate a correctly normalized U(1)-hypercharge accomodate satisfactory Yukawa couplings From this point of view, the Z 2N or Z N Z M orbifolds do look more promising (Foerste, HPN, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2004) Durham, December 05 p.19/45
43 Z 2 Z 2 Orbifold Example θ 1 θ 2 θ 3 Durham, December 05 p.20/45
44 Z 2 Z 2 Orbifold Example θ 1 θ 2 θ 3 3 twisted sectors (with 16 fixed tori in each) lead to a geometrical picture of... Durham, December 05 p.20/45
45 Intersecting Branes Durham, December 05 p.21/45
46 Z 2 Z 2 classification Case Shifts Gauge Group Gen. 1 ` 1 2, 1, 06 ` `0, 2, 1 2, 05 `08 E 6 U(1) 2 E 8 48 ` 1 2, 1, 06 ` `0, , 1 2, 04, 1 `1, 0 7 E 6 U(1) 2 SO(16) , 0 6 `08 5 4, 1 7 ` 1 4 2, 1 2, 06 SU(8) U(1) E 7 SU(2) , 0 5, 1 `1, `0, 2, 1 2, 05 E 6 U(1) 2 SO(8) , 1 3 2, 1, 0 3 ` 1 2, 1 2, 1, 05 `1, , 1 7 ` 1 4 2, 1 2, 06 SU(8) U(1) SO(12) SU(2) 2 0 Durham, December 05 p.22/45
47 Z 2 Z 2 with Wilson lines θ 1 A 3 θ 2 A 3 θ 3 Again, Wilson lines can lift the degeneracy... Durham, December 05 p.23/45
48 Three family SO(10) toy model A 16 θ 1 A A 1 A 3 A 4 A 6 θ 2 A 3 A 5 A 2 A 6 θ 3 16 A 1 A 5 Localization of families at various fixed tori Durham, December 05 p.24/45
49 Zoom on first torus... e 2 θ 1 e 1 e 2 θ 2 e 2 e 1 θ 3 e 1 Interpretation as 6-dim. model with 3 families on branes Durham, December 05 p.25/45
50 second torus... e 4 θ 1 e 4 e 3 e 4 θ 2 e 3 e 3 θ families on branes, one in (6d) bulk... Durham, December 05 p.26/45
51 Three family SO(10) toy model A 16 θ 1 A A 1 A 3 A 4 A 6 θ 2 A 3 A 5 A 2 A 6 θ 3 16 A 1 A 5 Localization of families at various fixed tori Durham, December 05 p.27/45
52 third torus θ 1 e 6 e 6 θ 2 e 6 e 5 e 5 θ 3 e family on brane, two in (6d) bulk. Durham, December 05 p.28/45
53 Geography Many properties of the models depend on the geography of extra dimensions, such as Durham, December 05 p.29/45
54 Geography Many properties of the models depend on the geography of extra dimensions, such as the location of quarks and leptons, Durham, December 05 p.29/45
55 Geography Many properties of the models depend on the geography of extra dimensions, such as the location of quarks and leptons, the relative location of Higgs bosons, Durham, December 05 p.29/45
56 Geography Many properties of the models depend on the geography of extra dimensions, such as the location of quarks and leptons, the relative location of Higgs bosons, the localized gauge symmetry at fixed points (tori). Durham, December 05 p.29/45
57 Geography Many properties of the models depend on the geography of extra dimensions, such as the location of quarks and leptons, the relative location of Higgs bosons, the localized gauge symmetry at fixed points (tori). Discrete symmetries like family symmetries and R-parity might find their explanation in these geometric properties. Some small numbers (like suppressed Yukawa couplings) arise if fields are separated by a large distance Durham, December 05 p.29/45
58 Model building We can easily find models with gauge group SU(3) SU(2) U(1) 3 families of quarks and leptons doublet-triplet splitting N = 1 supersymmetry (Förste, HPN, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2004) (Kobyashi, Raby, Zhang, 2004) (Buchmüller, Hamaguchi, Lebedev, Ratz, 2004, 2005) Durham, December 05 p.30/45
59 Model building We can easily find models with gauge group SU(3) SU(2) U(1) 3 families of quarks and leptons doublet-triplet splitting N = 1 supersymmetry (Förste, HPN, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2004) But explicit model building is tedious: removal of exotic states R parity correct hypercharge (Kobyashi, Raby, Zhang, 2004) (Buchmüller, Hamaguchi, Lebedev, Ratz, 2004, 2005) Durham, December 05 p.30/45
60 Model building (II) We do not yet have a complete understanding of the origin of these specific problems. Durham, December 05 p.31/45
61 Model building (II) We do not yet have a complete understanding of the origin of these specific problems. Key properties of the models depend on geometry: family symmetries texture of Yukawa couplings number of families local gauge groups on branes electroweak symmetry breakdown Durham, December 05 p.31/45
62 Model building (II) We do not yet have a complete understanding of the origin of these specific problems. Key properties of the models depend on geometry: family symmetries texture of Yukawa couplings number of families local gauge groups on branes electroweak symmetry breakdown We need to exploit these geometric properties... Durham, December 05 p.31/45
63 Gauge group geography SO(10) E 6 SO(10) E 6 SO(10) E 6 E 6 E 6 SO(10) SO(10) E 6 Durham, December 05 p.32/45
64 Gauge group geography SU(5) SO(10) SO(10) SO(10) SU(5) SU(5) SU(5) SU(5) SU(6) SU(2) SU(6) SU(2) SU(6) SU(2) Durham, December 05 p.33/45
65 Gauge group geography: Pati-Salam SU(8) SU(6) SU(2) E 6 SU(6) SU(2) SU(4) 2 SO(10) SU(6) SU(2) E 6 SU(6) SU(2) SU(8) Durham, December 05 p.34/45
66 Gauge geography: Standard Model SU(4) 2 SU(3) 2 SU(6) SU(2) SU(3) 2 SU(4) SU(2) 2 SU(4) SU(2) 2 SO(10) SU(5) SU(5) SU(6) SU(2) Durham, December 05 p.35/45
67 The Memory of SO(10) SO(10) is realized in the higher dimensional theory broken in d = 4 incomplete multiplets Durham, December 05 p.36/45
68 The Memory of SO(10) SO(10) is realized in the higher dimensional theory broken in d = 4 incomplete multiplets There could still be remnants of SO(10) symmetry 16 of SO(10) at some branes correct hypercharge normalization R-parity family symmetries that are very useful for realistic model building... Durham, December 05 p.36/45
69 Proton decay R-parity from SO(10) memory avoids dangerous dimension-4 operators Durham, December 05 p.37/45
70 Proton decay R-parity from SO(10) memory avoids dangerous dimension-4 operators No proton decay via dimension-5 operators because of doublet-triplet splitting Durham, December 05 p.37/45
71 Proton decay R-parity from SO(10) memory avoids dangerous dimension-4 operators No proton decay via dimension-5 operators because of doublet-triplet splitting Avoid SO(10) brane for first family: suppressed p-decay via dimension-6 operators Durham, December 05 p.37/45
72 Proton decay R-parity from SO(10) memory avoids dangerous dimension-4 operators No proton decay via dimension-5 operators because of doublet-triplet splitting Avoid SO(10) brane for first family: suppressed p-decay via dimension-6 operators Thus the proton could be practically stable! Durham, December 05 p.37/45
73 Unification SO(10) memory provides a reasonable value of sin 2 θ W and a unified definition of hypercharge Durham, December 05 p.38/45
74 Unification SO(10) memory provides a reasonable value of sin 2 θ W and a unified definition of hypercharge presence of fixed tori allows for sizable threshold corrections at the high scale to match string and unification scale Durham, December 05 p.38/45
75 Unification SO(10) memory provides a reasonable value of sin 2 θ W and a unified definition of hypercharge presence of fixed tori allows for sizable threshold corrections at the high scale to match string and unification scale Yukawa unification from SO(10) memory for third family (on an SO(10) brane) Durham, December 05 p.38/45
76 Unification SO(10) memory provides a reasonable value of sin 2 θ W and a unified definition of hypercharge presence of fixed tori allows for sizable threshold corrections at the high scale to match string and unification scale Yukawa unification from SO(10) memory for third family (on an SO(10) brane) no Yukawa unification for first and second family required Durham, December 05 p.38/45
77 Yukawa textures and family symmetries Yukawa couplings depend on location of Higgs and matter fields Durham, December 05 p.39/45
78 Yukawa textures and family symmetries Yukawa couplings depend on location of Higgs and matter fields family symmetries arise if different fields live on the same brane Durham, December 05 p.39/45
79 Yukawa textures and family symmetries Yukawa couplings depend on location of Higgs and matter fields family symmetries arise if different fields live on the same brane Exponential suppression if fields at distant branes Durham, December 05 p.39/45
80 Yukawa textures and family symmetries Yukawa couplings depend on location of Higgs and matter fields family symmetries arise if different fields live on the same brane Exponential suppression if fields at distant branes neutrino Majorana masses might need some bulk mixing (presence of anti-families) Durham, December 05 p.39/45
81 Yukawa textures and family symmetries Yukawa couplings depend on location of Higgs and matter fields family symmetries arise if different fields live on the same brane Exponential suppression if fields at distant branes neutrino Majorana masses might need some bulk mixing (presence of anti-families) GUT relations could be partially present, depending on the nature of the brane (e.g. SO(10) brane) Durham, December 05 p.39/45
82 It s a long way to go Full classification seems to be too difficult (at the moment). Work in progress: Durham, December 05 p.40/45
83 It s a long way to go Full classification seems to be too difficult (at the moment). Work in progress: SO(32) classification (with SO(10) spinors) (Choi, Groot Nibbelink, Trapletti, 2004) (Ramos-Sanchez, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2006) Durham, December 05 p.40/45
84 It s a long way to go Full classification seems to be too difficult (at the moment). Work in progress: SO(32) classification (with SO(10) spinors) (Choi, Groot Nibbelink, Trapletti, 2004) (Ramos-Sanchez, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2006) (partial) classification of Z 2 Z 2 and Z 2 Z 3 (HPN, Ploeger, Ramos-Sanchez, Ratz, Vaudrevange, 2006) Durham, December 05 p.40/45
85 It s a long way to go Full classification seems to be too difficult (at the moment). Work in progress: SO(32) classification (with SO(10) spinors) (Choi, Groot Nibbelink, Trapletti, 2004) (Ramos-Sanchez, Vaudrevange, Wingerter, 2006) (partial) classification of Z 2 Z 2 and Z 2 Z 3 (HPN, Ploeger, Ramos-Sanchez, Ratz, Vaudrevange, 2006) smooth breakdown of gauge group (Förste, HPN, Wingerter, 2005) Durham, December 05 p.40/45
86 Specific models Z 2 Z 3 Pati-Salam model (Kobyashi, Raby, Zhang, 2004) Durham, December 05 p.41/45
87 Specific models Z 2 Z 3 Pati-Salam model (Kobyashi, Raby, Zhang, 2004) Z 2 Z 3 standard model (Buchmüller, Hamaguchi, Lebedev, Ratz, 2005) Durham, December 05 p.41/45
88 Specific models Z 2 Z 3 Pati-Salam model (Kobyashi, Raby, Zhang, 2004) Z 2 Z 3 standard model (Buchmüller, Hamaguchi, Lebedev, Ratz, 2005) standard model in fermionic formulation (Faraggi et al., 92) Durham, December 05 p.41/45
89 Specific models Z 2 Z 3 Pati-Salam model (Kobyashi, Raby, Zhang, 2004) Z 2 Z 3 standard model (Buchmüller, Hamaguchi, Lebedev, Ratz, 2005) standard model in fermionic formulation (Faraggi et al., 92) standard model on specific Calabi-Yau orbifold (Ovrut et al., 2005) Durham, December 05 p.41/45
90 The Higgs-mechanism in string theory......can be achieved via continuous Wilson lines. The aim is: Durham, December 05 p.42/45
91 The Higgs-mechanism in string theory......can be achieved via continuous Wilson lines. The aim is: electroweak symmetry breakdown breakdown of Trinification or Pati-Salam group to the Standard Model gauge group rank reduction Durham, December 05 p.42/45
92 The Higgs-mechanism in string theory......can be achieved via continuous Wilson lines. The aim is: electroweak symmetry breakdown breakdown of Trinification or Pati-Salam group to the Standard Model gauge group rank reduction Continuous Wilson lines require specific embeddings of twist in the gauge group difficult to implement in the Z 3 case more promising for Z 2 twists (Ibanez, HPN, Quevedo, 1987) Durham, December 05 p.42/45
93 An example We consider a model that has E 6 gauge group in the bulk of a 6d orbifold. The breakdown pattern is Durham, December 05 p.43/45
94 An example We consider a model that has E 6 gauge group in the bulk of a 6d orbifold. The breakdown pattern is E 6 SO(10) via a Z 2 twist SO(10) SU(4) SU(2) SU(2) U(1) via a discrete (quantized) Wilson line SU(4) SU(2) SU(2) SU(3) SU(2) U(1) via a continuous Wilson line (Förste, HPN, Wingerter, 2005) Durham, December 05 p.43/45
95 An example We consider a model that has E 6 gauge group in the bulk of a 6d orbifold. The breakdown pattern is E 6 SO(10) via a Z 2 twist SO(10) SU(4) SU(2) SU(2) U(1) via a discrete (quantized) Wilson line SU(4) SU(2) SU(2) SU(3) SU(2) U(1) via a continuous Wilson line (Förste, HPN, Wingerter, 2005) Such 6d models can be embedded in 10d string theory orbifolds. Models with consistent electroweak symmetry breakdown have been constructed. (Förste, HPN, Wingerter, 2006) Durham, December 05 p.43/45
96 Pati-Salam breakdown e 6 SO(10) U(1) Pati-Salam U(1) SU(6) SU(2) W 6 SU(5) U(1) SU(3) SU(2) U(1) 2 SU(3) SU(2) U(1) 2 SU(3) 2 U(1) SO(10) U(1) Pati-Salam U(1) W 5 SU(6) SU(2) e 5 Durham, December 05 p.44/45
97 Conclusion Heterotic string compactifications might lead to models that incorporate all the successful ingredients of grand unified theories, while avoiding the problematic ones. spinor representations of SO(10) geometric origin of (three) families incomplete multiplets supersymmetric unification R-parity absence of proton decay gauge-yukawa unification (partial GUT relations) discrete family symmetries Durham, December 05 p.45/45
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