Status of the Heterotic String Optical Unification Investigation

ORAL

Abstract

A weakly coupled heterotic string model was recently constructed that offers the possibility of optical unification. Whether optical unification can be realized depends on the availability of anomaly-canceling D- and F-flat directions meeting certain phenomenological requirements. This paper reports on the current status of a systematic investigation of the optical unification properties of a subset of flat directions of this model that are stringently flat.

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Authors

  • Gerald Cleaver

    • Baylor University

  • John Perkins

    • Baylor University, AMD

  • Ben Dundee

    • Baylor University

  • Richard Obousy

  • Matt Robinson

    • Baylor University

  • Stephanie Hatten

    • Walla Walla College

  • Eric Kasper

    • Texas A\&M

  • Cassel Sloan

    • College of Charleston

  • Kristin Sloan

    • East Tennessee State University