String-derived D4 flavor symmetry and phenomenological implications
String-derived D4 flavor symmetry and phenomenological implications
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevd.76.035005
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发表时间:
2007-04
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5
通讯作者:
P. Ko;Tatsuo C. Kobayashi;Jae-hyeon Park;S. Raby
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作者:
P. Ko;Tatsuo C. Kobayashi;Jae-hyeon Park;S. Raby
In this paper we show how some flavor symmetries may be derived from the heterotic string, when compactified on a 6D orbifold. In the body of the paper we focus on the D{sub 4} family symmetry, recently obtained in Z{sub 3}xZ{sub 2} orbifold constructions. We show how this flavor symmetry constrains fermion masses, as well as the soft SUSY breaking mass terms. Flavor symmetry breaking can generate the hierarchy of fermion masses and at the same time the flavor symmetry suppresses large flavor changing neutral current processes.