Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1995-10-31
Nucl.Phys. B467 (1996) 44-99
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
59 pages, standard LaTeX, 4 figures (Encapsulated PostScript). Expanded references
Scientific paper
10.1016/0550-3213(96)00085-5
We explore the extent to which string theories with higher-level gauge symmetries and non-standard hypercharge normalizations can reconcile the discrepancy between the string unification scale and the GUT scale extrapolated from the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM). We determine the phenomenologically allowed regions of (k_Y,k_2,k_3) parameter space, and investigate the proposal that there might exist string models with exotic hypercharge normalizations k_Y which are less than their usual value k_Y=5/3. For a broad class of heterotic string models (encompassing most realistic string models which have been constructed), we prove that k_Y >= 5/3. Beyond this class, however, we show that there exist consistent MSSM embeddings which lead to k_Y < 5/3. We also consider the constraints imposed on k_Y by demanding charge integrality of all unconfined string states, and show that only a limited set of hypercolor confining groups and corresponding values of k_Y are possible.
Dienes Keith R.
Faraggi Alon E.
March-Russell John
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