1997/11/11 by D.V. Nanopoulos, D. V. Nanopoulos, Nanopoulos, D. V.
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9711080
22 pages, 2 figures
arxiv created 1997/11/11 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
Recent developments involving strongly coupled superstrings are discussed from a phenomenological point of view. In particular, strongly coupled E8× E'8 is described as an appropriate long-wavelength limit of M-theory, and some generic phenomenological implications are analyzed, including a long sought downward shift of the string unification scale and a novel way to break supersymmetry. A specific scenario is presented that leads to a rather light, and thus presently experimentally testable, sparticle spectrum.