Published September 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Compactifications of M theory and their phenomenological consequences

  • 1. Astroparticle Physics Group, Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), The Mitchell Campus, The Woodlands, Texas 77381 (United States)
  • 2. Center for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Texas AM University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242 (United States)
  • 3. Bonner Nuclear Lab, Department of Physics, Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005 (United States)
  • 4. Academy of Athens, Chair of Theoretical Physics, Division of Natural Sciences, 28 Panepistimiou Avenue, 10679 Athens (Greece)

Description

We compactify the M theory proposed by Horava and Witten on a Calabi-Yau manifold with a boundary S1/Z2. A no-scale-like Kaehler potential, the superpotential, and the gauge kinetic function are obtained in this four-dimensional E6xE8 model. We also study the general phenomenological consequences of the resulting M-theory-inspired model, which may include very light gravitinos, axions, and axinos. copyright 1997 The American Physical Society

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
56
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 2602-2606
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ