Wilson Lines and a Canonical Basis of SU(4) Heterotic Standard Models

Mar, 2012
59 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 11 (2012) 026
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The spontaneous breaking of SU(4) heterotic standard models by Z_3 x Z_3 Wilson lines to the MSSM with three right-handed neutrino supermultiplets and gauge group SU(3)_C x SU(2)_L x U(1) x U(1) is explored. The two-dimensional subspace of the Spin(10) Lie algebra that commutes with su(3)_C + su(2)_L is analyzed. It is shown that there is a unique basis for which the initial soft supersymmetry breaking parameters are uncorrelated and for which the U(1) x U(1) field strengths have no kinetic mixing at any scale. If the Wilson lines "turn on" at different scales, there is an intermediate regime with either a left-right or a Pati-Salam type model. We compute their spectra directly from string theory, and adjust the associated mass parameter so that all gauge parameters exactly unify. A detailed analysis of the running gauge couplings and soft gaugino masses is presented.
Note:
  • 59 pages, 9 figures
  • coupling: gauge
  • neutrino: right-handed
  • mixing: kinetic
  • gaugino: mass
  • algebra: Lie
  • supersymmetry: symmetry breaking
  • Wilson loop
  • heterotic
  • gauge field theory: SU(4)
  • gauge field theory: SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) x U(1)
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