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The Higgs Mechanism in Heterotic Orbifolds
Stefan Forste, Hans Peter Nilles, Akin Wingerter
We study spontaneous gauge symmetry breaking in the framework of orbifold compactifcations of heterotic string theory. In particular we investigate the electroweak symmetry breakdo…
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Geometry of Rank Reduction
Stefan Forste, Hans Peter Nilles, Akin Wingerter
We introduce continuous Wilson lines to reduce the rank of the gauge group in orbifold constructions. In situations where the orbifold twist can be realised as a rotation in the ro…