Published April 9, 1987 | Version v1
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Fermion generations in orbifold compactified superstring theories

Creators

  • 1. Sussex Univ., Brighton (UK). School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
  • 2. Royal Holloway and Bedford New Coll., Egham (UK). Dept. of Physics

Description

The effect of fermion generations of embedding discrete translations belonging to the space group of the orbifold in the gauge group is studied for simple Z-orbifold examples. It is shown that the number of generations can be reduced in this way, and that incomplete generations (of E6) can sometimes arise. In one example considered, three complete E6 generations are obtained together with extra Higgs scalars from incomplete generations. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
188
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
193-197
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
18058472
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COMPACTIFICATION; EUCLIDEAN SPACE; FERMIONS; HIGGS BOSONS; IRREDUCIBLE REPRESENTATIONS; ORBITS; PARTICLE MULTIPLETS; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; SPACE GROUPS; STRING MODELS; SUPERSYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MULTIPLETS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; RIEMANN SPACE; SPACE; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS