SU(6) GUT Breaking on a Projective Plane

Abstract

We consider a 6-dimensional supersymmetric SU(6) gauge theory and compactify two extra-dimensions on a multiply-connected manifold with non-trivial topology. The SU(6) is broken down to the Standard Model gauge groups in two steps by an orbifold projection (or Wilson line), followed by a Wilson line. The Higgs doublets of the low energy electroweak theory come from a chiral adjoint of SU(6). We thus have gauge-Higgs unification. The three families of the Standard Model can either be located in the 6D bulk or at 4D N=1 supersymmetric fixed points. We calculate the Kaluza-Klein spectrum of states arising as a result of the orbifolding. We also calculate the threshold corrections to the coupling constants due to this tower of states at the lowest compactification scale. We study the regions of parameter space of this model where the threshold corrections are consistent with low energy physics. We find that the couplings receive only logarithmic corrections at all scales. This feature can be attributed to the large N=2 6D SUSY of the underlying model.

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