Non-Abelian orbifolds of the SO(32) heterotic string
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| author | Hernandez-Segura, Miguel Ramos-Sanchez, Saul |
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| contents | Non-Abelian toroidal heterotic orbifolds have received comparatively little attention, mainly because of the significant computational challenges they pose, even at the level of computing their matter spectrum. Similarly, the SO(32) heterotic string remains relatively unexplored. In this paper, we provide some useful tools to handle this situation. We find that certain non-Abelian orbifolds can be studied using the techniques that are common to Abelian compactifications. In such cases, we show how to compute the gauge groups and massless matter spectrum for non-Abelian orbifolds of the SO(32) heterotic string with standard embedding. A general feature of these constructions is the reduction of the rank of the gauge group. Our findings motivate further research on non-Abelian orbifolds with non-standard embedding, where realistic, rank-reduced models are expected to emerge. |
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| spellingShingle | Non-Abelian orbifolds of the SO(32) heterotic string Hernandez-Segura, Miguel Ramos-Sanchez, Saul High Energy Physics - Theory Non-Abelian toroidal heterotic orbifolds have received comparatively little attention, mainly because of the significant computational challenges they pose, even at the level of computing their matter spectrum. Similarly, the SO(32) heterotic string remains relatively unexplored. In this paper, we provide some useful tools to handle this situation. We find that certain non-Abelian orbifolds can be studied using the techniques that are common to Abelian compactifications. In such cases, we show how to compute the gauge groups and massless matter spectrum for non-Abelian orbifolds of the SO(32) heterotic string with standard embedding. A general feature of these constructions is the reduction of the rank of the gauge group. Our findings motivate further research on non-Abelian orbifolds with non-standard embedding, where realistic, rank-reduced models are expected to emerge. |
| title | Non-Abelian orbifolds of the SO(32) heterotic string |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08370 |