Unification and Extra Space-Time Dimensions

Abstract

We analyse the phenomenological implications of a particular class of supersymmetric models with additional space-time dimensions below the unification scale. Assuming the unification of the gauge couplings and using a two-loop calculation below the scale of the additional space-time dimensions, we show that the value of ${\alpha }_3(M_z)$ is further increased from the two-loop Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model prediction. We consider whether decompactification threshold effects could bring ${\alpha }_3(M_z)$ into agreement with experiment and discuss the associated level of fine tuning needed.

11 pages, LaTeX, submitted to Phys. Lett. B

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