Heterotic String Optical Unification

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dc.creatorPerkins, John
dc.creatorDundee, Ben
dc.creatorObousy, Richard
dc.creatorKasper, Eric
dc.creatorRobinson, Matthew
dc.creatorStone, Kristin
dc.creatorCleaver, Gerald
dc.date2003-10-13
dc.date2003-11-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:50:52Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:50:52Z
dc.descriptionThe lower limit to string coupling unification in weakly coupled heterotic strings was shown by Kaplunovsky to be around Lambda_H ~ 5 x 10^{17} GeV. In contrast, under the scenario of an intermediate scale desert, the SU(3)_C x SU(2)_L x U(1)_Y ([321]) Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (MSSM) unification scale is Lambda_U ~ 2.5 x 10^{16} GeV. Optical unification was proposed by Giedt as a robust mechanism for relating these two scales. In this mechanism, intermediate scale MSSM-charged exotic particles effect running couplings like a diverging lens, always producing a ``virtual'' image of the string unification point between the string scale and the exotic particle mass scale. A heterotic string model that offers the potential to realize optical unification was recently constructed. This paper reports the initial results of an investigation into the possibility of optical unification realization in this model. This paper is a product of the NSF REU program at Baylor University and is based on a talk presented at the Second International Conference on String Phenomenology, Durham, England, 29 July - 4 August, 2003.
dc.descriptionstandard latex, 13 pages, based on talk presented at String Phenomenology '03, additonal references added
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0310155
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0310155
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/42932
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleHeterotic String Optical Unification
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