Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2009-01-20
JHEP 0903:005,2009
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
55 pages, 12 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2009/03/005
Heterotic orbifolds provide promising constructions of MSSM-like models in string theory. We investigate the connection of such orbifold models with smooth Calabi-Yau compactifications by examining resolutions of the T^6/Z6-II orbifold (which are far from unique) with Abelian gauge fluxes. These gauge backgrounds are topologically characterized by weight vectors of twisted states; one per fixed point or fixed line. The VEV's of these states generate the blowup from the orbifold perspective, and they reappear as axions on the blowup. We explain methods to solve the 24 resolution dependent Bianchi identities and present an explicit solution. Despite that a solution may contain the MSSM particle spectrum, the hypercharge turns out to be anomalous: Since all heterotic MSSM orbifolds analyzed so far have fixed points where only SM charged states appear, its gauge group can only be preserved provided that those singularities are not blown up. Going beyond the comparison of purely topological quantities (e.g. anomalous U(1) masses) may be hampered by the fact that in the orbifold limit the supergravity approximation to lowest order in alpha prime is breaking down.
Held Johannes
Nibbelink Stefan Groot
Ruehle Fabian
Trapletti Michele
Vaudrevange Patrick K. S.
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