GUT scale unification in heterotic strings

We present a class of heterotic compactifications where it is possible to lower the string unification scale down to the GUT scale, while preserving the validity of the perturbative analysis. We illustrate this approach with an explicit example of a four-dimensional chiral heterotic vacuum with N=1...

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Main Authors: Carlo Angelantonj, Ioannis Florakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-02-01
Series:Physics Letters B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269318309894