Quark, Lepton Mass Matrices in the String Theory on Orbifolds

May, 1986
5 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 184 (1987) 331
  • Published: 1987
Report number:
  • UT-484-TOKYO

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
A selection rule of Yukawa couplings is derived in the string theory on the Z-orbifold, using the symmetries of six- and 16-dimensional internal space. A possible form of quark-lepton mass matrices is derived. The mixing pattern is not changed by gauge symmetry breaking.
  • TALK
  • MODEL: STRING
  • FIELD THEORY: HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL
  • FIELD THEORY: compactification
  • SPACE-TIME: ORBIFOLD
  • GRAND UNIFIED THEORY: E(6)
  • COUPLING: YUKAWA
  • YUKAWA: COUPLING
  • SELECTION RULE
  • QUARK: MASS