Phenomenology of a four generation superstring model

We discuss the quark-lepton phenomenology of a superstring model compactified on aCP ⁴-based Calabi-Yau manifold defined by? _i Z _i ⁵ = 5 _c Z ₁ Z ₂ Z ₃ Z ₄ Z ₅ leading to four fermion generations using the Yukawa couplings calculated by us in a previous paper. We note that maintaining supersymmetry implies that forc?1, one of theU(1)-subgroup ofE ₆ must break at the Planck scale; on the other hand forc?10⁺⁴, an intermediate scale of about 10¹¹ GeV or 10¹⁴ GeV may be generated without destabilizing the gauge hierarchy. The model may have problems with fast proton decay for some choice ofc; however, understanding small neutrino masses remains a problem.     

Universal ratios of critical amplitudes near four dimensions

The coefficients of the divergent susceptibilities and correlation lengths have universal ratios which are computed with the use of the Wilson-Fisher ?-expansion. The results are in satisfactory agreement with experiment or with the numbers derived from series expansions analysis.     

Proton decay in four dimensional superstring models

In this paper, we discuss the contraints that emerge from baryon nonconserving processes in theSU(4)×O(4) andSU(5)×U(1) models derived in the fermionic formulation of the four dimensional superstring. We examine dimension five baryon violating operators arising a) from Higgs exchange diagrams, and b) from non-renormalisable terms which arise from the exchange of massive string states. Both kinds of the above operators put non-trivial constraints on the matter field assignments and on the vevs of various singlet fields of the string models under consideration.     

A superstring model of four generations

We construct a possibly realistic four-generation Calabi-Yau manifold by dividing the algebraic variety in CP₄ × CP₄ with the Z₂×Z₂ symmetry. The nontrivial embedding of Z₂×Z₂ in E(6) allows physically intriguing intermediate symmetry based on the U(1)×SU(2)_L×SU(2)_R×SU(4)_C group. Also, the group of honest symmetries G_H of the manifold is identified.     

N = 1 superstring in 2 + 2 dimensions

In this paper we construct a (2,2) dimensional string theory with manifest N = 1 spacetime supersymmetry. We use Berkovits' approach of augmenting the spacetime supercoordinates by the conjugate momenta for the fermionic variables. The worldsheet symmetry algebra is a twisted and truncated “small” N = 4 superconformal algebra. The realisation of the symmetry algebra is reducible with an infinite order of reducibility. We study the physical states of the theory by two different methods. In one of them, we identify a subset of irreducible constraints, which is by itself critical. We construct the BRST operator for the irreducible constraints, and study the cohomology and interactions. This method breaks the SO(2,2) spacetime symmetry of the original reducible theory. In another approach, we study the theory in a fully covariant manner, which involves the introduction of infinitely many ghosts for ghosts.     

Non-Abelian duality from vortex moduli: A dual model of color-confinement

It is argued that the dual transformation of non-Abelian monopoles occurring in a system with gauge symmetry breaking G→H is to be defined by setting the low-energy H system in Higgs phase, so that the dual system is in confinement phase. The transformation law of the monopoles follows from that of monopole-vortex mixed configurations in the system (with a large hierarchy of energy scales, v₁v₂) , under an unbroken, exact color-flavor diagonal symmetry . The transformation property among the regular monopoles characterized by π₂(G/H), follows from that among the non-Abelian vortices with flux quantized according to π₁(H), via the isomorphism π₁(G)π₁(H)/π₂(G/H). Our idea is tested against the concrete models—softly-broken supersymmetric SU(N), SO(N) and USp(2N) theories, with appropriate number of flavors. The results obtained in the semiclassical regime (at v₁v₂Λ) of these models are consistent with those inferred from the fully quantum-mechanical low-energy effective action of the systems (at v₁,v₂Λ).     

Hydrodynamics in two dimensions and vortex theory

We consider the Navier-Stokes equation for a viscous and incompressible fluid inR ². We show that such an equation may be interpreted as a mean field equation (Vlasov-like limit) for a system of particles, called vortices, interacting via a logarithmic potential, on which, in addition, a stochastic perturbation is acting. More precisely we prove that the solutions of the Navier-Stokes equation may be approximated, in a suitable way, by finite dimensional diffusion processes with the diffusion constant related to the viscosity. As a particular case, when the diffusion constant is zero, the finite dimensional theory reduces to the usual deterministic vortex theory, and the limiting equation reduces to the Euler equation.Partially supported by Italian CNR     

Supersymmetric skyrmions in four dimensions

Possible topological solitons (skyrmions) of four-dimensional supersymmetric nonlinear σ-models are investigated. The requirements of supersymmetry limit our study to the CP¹ model. A stable soliton seems possible, but in the absence of a demonstrated lower-bound for the mass, the stability of the soliton is unproved. The semi-classical spectrum of the CP¹ skyrmion, as well as its supersymmetric extension, is studied.     

Dimensional regularization in four dimensions

A new gauge invariant ultraviolet regularization proposed recently is discussed for Abelian gauge theories. This cut-off scheme resembles closely the canonical dimensional regularization (CDR), but it is formulated strictly in four dimensions. In a sense, it may be conceived as a continuous superposition of Pauli-Villars cut-offs. Although it differs from the CDR for a general graph, for some closed fermion loops the two schemes coincide. The new cut-off procedure is also well-suited for practical calculations of Feynman diagrams in the -parametric representation; in this respect it preserves the merits of CDR. Such a dimensional regularization in four dimensions obviously does not suffer from the conceptual problems connected with the definition of the ₅ matrix, which plague conventional DR schemes. Nevertheless, some spurious anomalies in the closed fermion loops do occur, similarly to the Pauli-Villars scheme.Dedicated to Academician Václav Votruba on the occasion of his eightieth birthday.     

Critical gravity in four dimensions

We study four-dimensional gravity theories that are rendered renormalizable by the inclusion of curvature-squared terms to the usual Einstein action with a cosmological constant. By choosing the parameters appropriately, the massive scalar mode can be eliminated and the massive spin-2 mode can become massless. This "critical" theory may be viewed as a four-dimensional analogue of chiral topologically massive gravity, or of critical "new massive gravity" with a cosmological constant, in three dimensions. We find that the on-shell energy for the remaining massless gravitons vanishes. There are also logarithmic spin-2 modes, which have positive energy. The mass and entropy of standard Schwarzschild-type black holes vanish. The critical theory might provide a consistent toy model for quantum gravity in four dimensions.