SUSY07

Gauge coupling unification and Light Exotica in String Theory

26 Jul 2007, 17:30

20m

Jordan Auditorium (Karlsruhe University)

Parallel Talk Theoretical Models (String Theory and Formal Aspects of SUSY) Theoretical Models (String Theory and Formal Aspects of SUSY) 2

Speaker

Dr Akin Wingerter (Ohio State University)

Description

In this letter we consider the consequences for the LHC of light vector-like exotica with fractional electric charge. It is shown that such states are found in orbifold constructions of the heterotic string. Moreover, these exotica are consistent with gauge coupling unification at one loop, even though they do not come in complete multiplets of SU(5). (Talk based on arXiv:0705.0294 [hep-ph])

Presentation materials

Paper

http://arxiv.org/pdf/0710.4924

Slides

talk_wingerter_susy07.pdf