Massless fractionally charged states and Gepner compactification.

Title: Massless fractionally charged states and Gepner compactification.
Identifier: AAI9207082
identifier: 9207082
Creator: Huet, Patrick Y.
Contributor: Adviser: Michael Dine
Date: 1991
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Physics, Elementary Particles and High Energy
Abstract: We study the occurrence of massless fractionally charged states in the context of Gepner compactification. These states appear as the result of the breaking of the gauge group using a Wilson-line-like construction. A general method is provided to implement the latter. These exotic states appear to be generically produced. This is checked explicitly in the 3{dollar}\sp5{dollar} theory for a variety of Wilson lines. Focusing on the four-generation model, we analyze in detail the twisted sectors which contain them. We show that they pair up and gain a mass as one moves from Gepner'point in the moduli space.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.