Wednesday, September 19, 2012

1209.3906 (Maximilian Fischer et al.)

Classification of symmetric toroidal orbifolds    [PDF]

Maximilian Fischer, Michael Ratz, Jesus Torrado, Patrick K. S. Vaudrevange
We provide a complete classification of six-dimensional symmetric toroidal orbifolds which yield N>=1 supersymmetry in 4D for the heterotic string. Our strategy is based on a classification of crystallographic space groups in six dimensions. We find in total 520 inequivalent toroidal orbifolds, 162 of them with Abelian point groups such as Z_3, Z_4, Z_6-I etc. and 358 with non-Abelian point groups such as S_3, D_4, A_4 etc. We also briefly explore the properties of some orbifolds with Abelian point groups and N=1, i.e. specify the Hodge numbers and comment on the possible mechanisms (local or non-local) of gauge symmetry breaking.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.3906

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