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Investigation of the String-scale massive GSO states in the Free Fermionic Heterotic String formalism

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Abstract

Finding at least one String state, out of the extremely large landscape of vacua, that uniquely resembles our observable universe is a central problem in String phenomenology and is critical to making progress in String theory. An effort to explore this landscape of String vacua via the use of high-performance computing (HPC) and a suitable construction method has been made in [1], and the gauge framework in the latter has been extended in [2] to make the model building approach more robust and encompassing. While the last two works deal with the gauge sector and present a somewhat comprehensive understanding of the String landscape with respect to that, the analysis is incomplete without the inclusion of the matter sector. Also, the states therein are not truly String-scale massive (~ 1018 GeV). Here, we will focus on the Weakly Coupled Free Fermionic Heterotic String (WCFFHS) construction formalism presented in [1] and [2], but will focus on the matter sector via building String-scale massive GSO states. An overview of the model building process and the statistics of the resulting models will be presented.

Publication: [1] D. Moore, J. Greenwald, T. Renner, M. Robinson, C. Buescher et al., "Systematic investigations of the free fermionic heterotic string gauge group statistics: layer 1 results". Mod. Phys. Lett. A26, 2411-2426 (2011)<br><br>[2] A. Kar, K. Scott, C. K. Watson, B. Lewis, C. Pich, G. B. Cleaver, et al., "Investigation of the String Landscape in the Free Fermionic Heterotic String formalism via an Extended Gauge framework". (Manuscript in progress)

Presenters

  • Abinash Kar

    Baylor University

Authors

  • Abinash Kar

    Baylor University

  • Kameron Scott

    Baylor University

  • Cooper K Watson

    Baylor University

  • Christian Brown

    Baylor University

  • Delaram Mirfendereski

    Early Universe, Cosmology and Strings (EUCOS) Group, Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research (CASPER), Baylor University

  • Timothy Renner

    Early Universe, Cosmology and Strings (EUCOS) Group, Center for Astrophysics, Space Physics and Engineering Research (CASPER), Baylor University

  • Gerald B Cleaver

    Baylor University