Quarks and Leptons From Orbifolded Superstring

✍ Scribed by Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 547
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics 954
• Edition: 2nd ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a guide for all those who want to explore the standard model using string theory. The approach pursued is “halfway” between a textbook and advanced research work and, accordingly, the book will allow both graduate students and particle phenomenologists to easily get acquainted with this fascinating field.

In this new edition the authors report on the status quo of the standard model following the discovery of the Higgs Boson, as well as the latest results concerning physics beyond the standard model. They present a formal introduction to string orbifolds and explain in detail how the massless states and the Kaluza-Klein spectra can be derived from the partition function. In turn, they provide an overview of orbifold phenomenology, by introducing the key aspects of string orbifolds in the context of SUSY standard models. In closing, the authors discuss the Grand Unified Theories (GUTs) from orbifolds and share key concepts regarding Calabi-Yau compactifications, M-theory and F-theory.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xx
Introduction and Summary (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 1-14
Standard Model and Beyond (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 15-50
Orbifold (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 51-78
Spinors (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 79-91
Field Theoretic Orbifolds (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 93-128
Quantization of Strings (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 129-181
Strings on Orbifolds (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 183-213
Formal Construction (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 215-236
Non-prime Orbifolds (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 237-261
Interactions on Orbifolds (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 263-302
Effective Action (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 303-337
Algebraic Structure (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 339-379
Orbifold Phenomenology (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 381-408
String Unification (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 409-430
Smooth Compactification (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 431-474
Flavor Physics (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 475-497
Other Constructions (Kang-Sin Choi, Jihn E. Kim)....Pages 499-522
Back Matter ....Pages 523-536

✦ Subjects

Physics; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory