Spinor-Vector Duality in Heterotic String Orbifolds
arXiv:1003.5801 · doi:10.1007/JHEP07(2010)004
Abstract
The three generation heterotic-string models in the free fermionic formulation are among the most realistic string vacua constructed to date, which motivated their detailed investigation. The classification of free fermion heterotic string vacua has revealed a duality under the exchange of spinor and vector representations of the SO(10) GUT symmetry over the space of models. We demonstrate the existence of the spinor-vector duality using orbifold techniques, and elaborate on the relation of these vacua to free fermionic models.
20 pages. v2 minor corrections. Version to appear on JHEP. v3 misprints corrected
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