Geometry of Rank Reduction

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2005-04-13

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0504117v1

Phys.Rev. D72 (2005) 026001

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

27 pages

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.72.026001

We introduce continuous Wilson lines to reduce the rank of the gauge group in orbifold constructions. In situations where the orbifold twist can be realised as a rotation in the root lattice of a grand unified group we derive an appealing geometric picture of the symmetry breakdown. This symmetry breakdown is smooth and corresponds to a standard field theory Higgs mechanism. The embedding into heterotic string theory is discussed.

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