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We use simple current techniques and their relation to orbifolds with discrete torsion for studying the (0, 2) CFT/ geometry duality with non-rational internal \( \mathcal{N} = 2 \) SCFTs. Explicit formulas for the charged spectra of heterotic SO(10) GUT models are computed in terms of their extended Poincaré polynomials and the complementary Poincaré polynomial which can be computed in terms of the elliptic genera. While non-BPS states contribute to the charged spectrum, their contributions can be determined also for non-rational cases. For model building, with generalizations to SU(5) and SM gauge groups, one can take advantage of the large class of Landau-Ginzburg orbifold examples.
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Beccaria, M., Kreuzer, M. & Puhm, A. Counting charged massless states in the (0, 2) heterotic CFT/geometry connection. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 77 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2011)077
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