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### The MSSM Spectrum from (0,2)-Deformations of the Heterotic Standard Embedding

Abstract:

We construct supersymmetric compactifications of E_8 \times E_8 heterotic string theory which realise exactly the massless spectrum of the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) at low energies. The starting point is the standard embedding on a Calabi-Yau threefold which has Hodge numbers (h^11,h^21) = (1,4) and fundamental group Z_12, which gives an E_6 grand unified theory with three net chiral generations. The gauge symmetry is then broken to that of the standard model by a combinati...

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Published

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Publisher copy:
10.1007/JHEP05(2012)127

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
Oxford, MPLS, Mathematical Inst
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
Oxford, MPLS, Mathematical Inst
Journal:
JHEP
Volume:
1205
Issue:
5
Pages:
127
Publication date:
2011-12-05
DOI:
EISSN:
1029-8479
ISSN:
1126-6708
URN:
uuid:732c04c2-448a-4fe0-a264-1319d7c509b3
Source identifiers:
216199
Local pid:
pubs:216199
Language:
English
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