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On global flipped SU(5) GUTs in F-theory

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We construct an SU(4) spectral divisor and its factorization of types (3, 1) and (2, 2) based on the construction proposed in [1]. We calculate the chiral spectra of flipped SU(5) GUTs by using the spectral divisor construction. The results agree with those from the analysis of semi-local spectral covers. Our computations provide evidence for the validity of the spectral divisor construction and suggest that the standard heterotic chirality formulae are applicable to the case of F-theory on an elliptically fibered Calabi-Yau fourfold with no heterotic dual.

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Chung, YC. On global flipped SU(5) GUTs in F-theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 126 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2011)126

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