Published January 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

D-branes at singularities, compactification, and hypercharge

  • 1. Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 (United States)
  • 2. Center for Geometry and Theoretical Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708 (United States)

Description

We report on progress towards the construction of SM-like gauge theories on the world-volume of D-branes at a Calabi-Yau singularity. In particular, we work out the topological conditions on the embedding of the singularity inside a compact CY threefold, that select hypercharge as the only light U(1) gauge factor. We apply this insight to the proposed open string realization of the SM of hep-th/0508089, based on a D3-brane at a dP8 singularity, and present a geometric construction of a compact Calabi-Yau threefold with all the required topological properties

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
1
Journal Issue
2007
Journal Page Range
p. 107
ISSN
1126-6708