A Classification of 3-Family Grand Unification in String Theory II. The SU(5) and SU(6) Models

Abstract

Requiring that supersymmetric SU(5) and SU(6) grand unifications in the heterotic string theory must have 3 chiral families, adjoint (or higher representation) Higgs fields in the grand unifiedgauge group, and a non-abelian hidden sector, we construct such string models within the framework of conformal field theory and asymmetric orbifolds. Within this framework, we construct all such string models via Z_6 asymmetric orbifolds that include a Z_3 outer-automorphism, the latter yielding a level-3 current algebra for the grand unification gauge group SU(5) or SU(6). We then classify all such Z_6 asymmetric orbifolds that result in models with a non-abelian hidden sector. All models classified in this paper have only one adjoint (but no otherhigher representation) Higgs field in the grand unified gauge group. This Higgs field is neutral under all other gauge symmetries. The list of hidden sectors for 3-family SU(6) string models are SU(2), SU(3) and $SU(2)\otimes SU(2)$. In addition to these, 3-family SU(5) string models can also have an SU(4) hidden sector. Some of the models have an anomalous U(1).

29 pages, Revtex 3.0, one eps figure (to appear in Phys. Rev. D)

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