TY - JOUR
T1 - Small instantons and weak scale string theory
AU - Benakli, Karim
AU - Oz, Yaron
PY - 2000/1/13
Y1 - 2000/1/13
N2 - We consider heterotic string compactifications to four dimensions when instantons shrink to zero size. If the standard model gauge group originates from the new gauge symmetry associated with the small instantons singularity, then the weakly or strongly coupled heterotic string scales can be taken to be arbitrarily low. The SO(32) and E8 x E8 gauge groups can then be very weakly coupled even at the string scale and behave as non-abelian global symmetries. We comment on a possible role of small instantons in supersymmetry breaking. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.
AB - We consider heterotic string compactifications to four dimensions when instantons shrink to zero size. If the standard model gauge group originates from the new gauge symmetry associated with the small instantons singularity, then the weakly or strongly coupled heterotic string scales can be taken to be arbitrarily low. The SO(32) and E8 x E8 gauge groups can then be very weakly coupled even at the string scale and behave as non-abelian global symmetries. We comment on a possible role of small instantons in supersymmetry breaking. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01422-7
DO - 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)01422-7
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AN - SCOPUS:0034642462
VL - 472
SP - 83
EP - 88
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
SN - 0370-2693
IS - 1-2
ER -