Heterotic Ouroboros
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| author | Altavista, Chiara Raucci, Salvatore Uranga, Angel M. Wang, Chuying |
| author_facet | Altavista, Chiara Raucci, Salvatore Uranga, Angel M. Wang, Chuying |
| contents | M-theory on ${\mathbf{S}}^1\vee{\mathbf{S}}^1$ has recently been proposed to yield, via quotients, ten-dimensional non-supersymmetric string theories. We revisit the construction that leads to the heterotic theories, finding a consistent set of rules that reproduces the light spectra and gauge groups, including indications of their global structure. Our approach uses the gauge enhancement mechanism of type I' string theory, applied to a setting in which the type I' interval is curled onto itself, with its two boundaries separated by a branch cut. Using these tools, we reproduce the ten-dimensional heterotic theories and provide some evidence for junctions among them. |
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| spellingShingle | Heterotic Ouroboros Altavista, Chiara Raucci, Salvatore Uranga, Angel M. Wang, Chuying High Energy Physics - Theory M-theory on ${\mathbf{S}}^1\vee{\mathbf{S}}^1$ has recently been proposed to yield, via quotients, ten-dimensional non-supersymmetric string theories. We revisit the construction that leads to the heterotic theories, finding a consistent set of rules that reproduces the light spectra and gauge groups, including indications of their global structure. Our approach uses the gauge enhancement mechanism of type I' string theory, applied to a setting in which the type I' interval is curled onto itself, with its two boundaries separated by a branch cut. Using these tools, we reproduce the ten-dimensional heterotic theories and provide some evidence for junctions among them. |
| title | Heterotic Ouroboros |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22915 |