Double Field Theory description of heterotic gauge symmetry enhancing-breaking

A Double Field Theory (DFT) description of gauge symmetry enhancing-breaking in the heterotic string is presented. The construction, based on previous results for the bosonic string, relies on the extension of the tangent frame of DFT. The fluxes of a Scherk-Schwarz like generalized toroidal compact...

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Autores: Aldazabal, Gerardo Marcelo, Andrés, E., Mayo, Martín Pablo, Penas, Victor Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/32702
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/32702
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:FLUX COMPACTIFICATIONS
STRING DUALITY
SUPERGRAVITY MODELS
SUPERSTRINGS AND HETEROTIC STRINGS
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
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Sumario:A Double Field Theory (DFT) description of gauge symmetry enhancing-breaking in the heterotic string is presented. The construction, based on previous results for the bosonic string, relies on the extension of the tangent frame of DFT. The fluxes of a Scherk-Schwarz like generalized toroidal compactification are moduli dependent and become identified with the structure constants of the enhanced group at fixed “self-dual” points in moduli space. Slight displacements from such points provide the breaking of the symmetry, gauge bosons acquiring masses proportional to fluxes. The inclusion of fermions is also discussed.