14057206
Heterotic SO(32) model building in four dimensions
Four dimensional heterotic SO(32) orbifold models are classified systematically with model building applications in mind. We obtain all 3, 7 and 2N models based on vectorial gauge shifts. The resulting gauge groups are reminiscent of those of type-I model building, as they always take the form SO(2n0) ? U(n1) ? ... ? U(nN?1) ? SO(2nN). The complete twisted spectrum is determined simultaneously for all orbifold models in a parametric way depending on n0,...,nN, rather than on a model by model basis. This reveals interesting patterns in the twisted states: They are always built out of vectors and anti-symmetric tensors of the U(n) groups, and either vectors or spinors of the SO(2n) groups. Our results may shed additional light on the S-duality between heterotic and type-I strings in four dimensions. As a spin-off we obtain an SO(10) GUT model with four generations from the 4 orbifold.
119243457
Non-Abelian Discrete Flavor Symmetries on Orbifolds
We study non-Abelian flavor symmetries on orbifolds, S1/Z2 and T2/Z3. Our extra dimensional models realize DN, Σ(2N2), Δ(3N2) and Δ(6N2) including A4 and S4. In addition, one can also realize their subgroups such as QN, T7, etc. The S3 flavor symmetry can be realized on both S1/Z2 and T2/Z3 orbifolds.
119201914
Extended gauge symmetries in F-theory
We study gauge symmetry in F-theory in light of global aspects. For this, we consider not only a simple (local) group, but also a semi-simple group with Abelian factors. Once we specify the complete gauge group by decomposing the discriminant, analogous to arranging 7-branes, we can derive the matter contents, their localization and the relation to enhanced groups. Global constraints coming from Calabi-Yau conditions and anomaly cancellations imply a unified group. The semisiple group shows explicit formation of matter curves and nontriviality of its embedding into exceptional group. Also the dual heterotic string vacua with line bundles provide a guide on the unification.
16283086
Three generation magnetized orbifold models
Abstract We study three generation models in the four-dimensional spacetime, which can be derived from the ten-dimensional N = 1 super-Yang–Mills theory on the orbifold background with a non-vanishing magnetic flux. We classify the flavor structures and show possible patterns of Yukawa matrices. Some examples of numerical studies are also shown.
118237829
UV Completion of Axion
A multiple number of global U(1)s, arising from accidental symmetries up to a certain order of the potential, enjoy lowering the axion decay constant from UV‐scale and evading supersymmetric Fayet–Illiopoulos term constraints.
118042770
SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) Vacua in F-Theory
The Standard Model group and matter spectrum is obtained in vacua of F-theory, without resorting to an intermediate unification group. The group SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1)_Y is the commutant to SU(5)_t \times U(1)_Y structure group of a Higgs bundle in E_8 and is geometrically realized as a deformation of I_5 singularity. Lying along the unification groups of E_n, our vacua naturally inherit their unification structure. By modding SU(5)_t out by Z_4 monodromy group, we can distinguish Higgses from lepton doublets by matter parity. Turning on universal G-flux on this part, the spectrum contains three generations of quarks and leptons, as well as vectorlike pairs of electroweak and colored Higgses. Minimal Yukawa couplings is obtained at the renormalizable level.
118568775
Light Dirac right-handed sneutrino dark matter
We show that mostly right-handed Dirac sneutrino is a viable supersymmetric light dark matter candidate. While the Dirac sneutrino scattering with nuclei is dominantly through the $Z$ boson exchange and is stringently constrained by the invisible decay width of $Z$ boson, it is possible to realize a large enough cross section with nucleon to account for possible signals observed at direct dark matter searches such as CDMS II-Si or CoGeNT. Even if the XENON100 limit is taken into account, a small part of signal region for CDMS II-Si events remains outside the excluded region by XENON100.
15628636
Multiple scalar particle decays and perturbation generation
We study the evolution of the universe which contains multiple non-relativistic scalar fields decaying into both radiation and pressureless matter. We present a powerful analytic formalism for calculating the matter and radiation curvature perturbations, and find that our analytic estimates agree with full numerical results within an error of less than one per cent. Also we discuss the isocurvature perturbation of matter and radiation components, which may be detected by near future cosmological observations, and point out that it crucially depends on the branching ratio of the decay rate of the scalar fields and that it is hard to make any model independent predictions.
15407826
Gauged U(1)R symmetries and Fayet-Iliopoulos terms in 5D orbifold supergravity
We discuss a gauged U(1)R supergravity on five-dimensional (5D) orbifold (S1/Z2) in which both a Z2-even U(1) gauge field and the Z2-odd graviphoton take part in the U(1)R gauging. Based on the off-shell formulation of 5D supergravity, we analyze the structure of Fayet-Iliopoulos (FI) terms allowed in such model. Introducing a Z2-even U(1)R gauge field accompanies new bulk and boundary FI terms in addition to the known integrable boundary FI term which could be present in the absence of any gauged U(1)R symmetry. Some physical consequences of these new FI terms are examined.
18667052
A re-analysis of gravitino dark matter in the constrained MSSM
We re-consider the gravitino as dark matter in the framework of the Constrained MSSM. We include several recently suggested improvements on: (i) the thermal production of gravitinos, (ii) the calculation of the hadronic spectrum from NLSP decay and (iii) the BBN calculation including stau bound-state effects. In most cases we find an upper bound on the reheating temperature TR a few × 107GeV from over-production of 6Li from bound state effects. We also find an upper limit on the stau lifetime of 3 × 104sec, which is nearly an order of magnitude larger than the simple limit 5 × 103sec often used to avoid the effect of bound-state catalysis. The bound on TR is relaxed to a few × 108GeV when we use a more conservative bound on 6Li/7Li, in which case a new region at small stau mass at ~ 100GeV and much longer lifetimes opens up. Such a low stau mass region can be easily tested at the LHC.
9926808
Towards 5D Grand Unification without SUSY Flavor Problem
We consider the renormalization group approach to the SUSY flavor problem in the supersymmetric SU(5) model with one extra dimension. In higher dimensional SUSY gauge theories, it has been recently shown that power corrections due to Kaluza-Klein states of gauge fields run the soft masses generated at the orbifold fixed point to flavor conserving values in the infra-red limit. In models with GUT breaking at the brane where the GUT scale can be larger than the compactification scale, we show that the addition of a bulk Higgs multiplet, which is necessary for the successful unification, is compatible with the flavor universality achieved at the compactification scale.