Non-Higgsable clusters for 4D F-theory models
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Morrison, David R.
Taylor, Washington
Date Issued
May 2015
Journal
Journal of High Energy Physics
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Springer-Verlag
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Morrison, David R., and Washington Taylor. “Non-Higgsable Clusters for 4D F-Theory Models.” J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, no. 5 (May 2015).
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Abstract
We analyze non-Higgsable clusters of gauge groups and matter that can arise at the level of geometry in 4D F-theory models. Non-Higgsable clusters seem to be generic features of F-theory compactifications, and give rise naturally to structures that include the nonabelian part of the standard model gauge group and certain specific types of potential dark matter candidates. In particular, there are nine distinct single nonabelian gauge group factors, and only five distinct products of two nonabelian gauge group factors with matter, including SU(3) × SU(2), that can be realized through 4D non-Higgsable clusters. There are also more complicated configurations involving more than two gauge factors; in particular, the collection of gauge group factors with jointly charged matter can exhibit branchings, loops, and long linear chains.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep05(2015)080
