Three-Family SO(10) Grand Unification in String Theory

1996/05/31 by Zura Kakushadze, Zurab Kakushadze, S.-H. Henry Tye +1
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Computer science #Grand Unified Theory #Heterotic string theory #Higgs boson #Particle physics #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #String (physics) #String theory #Supersymmetry #Theoretical physics #Unification #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.77.2612

published as Phys.Rev.Lett. 77 (1996) 2612-2615 · 9 pages, Revtex 3.0, replaced with the published version (minor misprints corrected)

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Abstract

The construction of a supersymmetric SO(10) grand unification with 5 left-handed and 2 right-handed families in the four-dimensional heterotic string theory is presented. The model has one SO(10) adjoint Higgs field. The SO(10) current algebra is realized at level 3.

Citations

• Gluino condensation in superstring models
• New Scenario for String Unification
• Asymmetric Orbifolds and Higher Level Models
• Moduli dependence of string loop corrections to gauge coupling constants
• String consistency for unified model building
• Unity of All Elementary-Particle Forces
• Strings on orbifolds