From Free-Fermionic Constructions to Orbifolds and Back

Abstract

We systematically develop the explicit map between string vacua constructed in the Free Fermionic Formulation and their ${\mathbb{Z}}_2^N$ toroidal orbifold counterparts. We illustrate the map in various example classes of models, including cases relevant for string phenomenology, as well as in theories where space-time supersymmetry is broken by the stringy Scherk-Schwarz mechanism.

37 pages