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Minimal standard heterotic string models

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Three generation heterotic string vacua in the free fermionic formulation gave rise to models with solely the MSSM states in the observable standard model charged sector. The relation of these models to Z2×Z2 orbifold compactifications dictates that they produce three pairs of untwisted Higgs multiplets. The reduction to one pair relies on the analysis of supersymmetric flat directions, which give a superheavy mass to the dispensable Higgs states. We explore the removal of the extra Higgs representations by using the free fermion boundary conditions, and hence we work directly at the string level, rather than in the effective low energy field theory. We present a general mechanism that achieves this reduction by using asymmetric boundary conditions between the left- and right-moving internal fermions. We incorporate this mechanism in explicit string models containing three twisted generations and a single untwisted Higgs doublet pair. We further demonstrate that an additional effect of the asymmetric boundary conditions is to substantially reduce the supersymmetric moduli space.

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    A.E. Faraggi, E. Manno & C. Timirgaziu

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Faraggi, A., Manno, E. & Timirgaziu, C. Minimal standard heterotic string models. Eur. Phys. J. C 50, 701–710 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-007-0243-5

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