2002/04/30 by I. Antoniadis, Elias Kiritsis, E. Kiritsis +1 · 13 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0550-3213(02)00458-3
published as Nucl.Phys.B637:92-118,2002 · LateX, 30pages, (v2) minor corrections, versio to appear in Nucl. Phys. B
arxiv created 2002/06/12 · openalex publication_date 2002/08/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We perform a systematic string computation of the masses of anomalous U(1) gauge bosons in four-dimensional orientifold vacua, and we study their localization properties in the internal (compactified) space. We find that N=1 supersymmetric sectors yield four-dimensional contributions, localized in the whole six-dimensional internal space, while N=2 sectors give contributions localized in four internal dimensions. As a result, the U(1) gauge fields can be much lighter than the string scale, so that when the latter is at the TeV, they can mediate new non-universal repulsive forces at submillimeter distances much stronger than gravity. We also point out that even U(1)s which are free of four-dimensional anomalies may acquire non-zero masses as a consequence of six-dimensional anomalies.