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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254639803321

Autore

Moore Douglas G

Titolo

The Landscape of Free Fermionic Gauge Models / / by Douglas G. Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-24618-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (119 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

539.72

Soggetti

Quantum field theory

String models

Particles (Nuclear physics)

Mathematical physics

Quantum theory

Physics

Quantum Field Theories, String Theory

Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

Mathematical Physics

Quantum Physics

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Doctoral thesis accepted by Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Introduction to Superstrings -- Heterotic Strings and the Free Fermionic Construction -- Surveys of Gauge Models -- Landscape Surveys Through Metaheuristic Algorithms -- Appendix A: The Gauge Framework -- Appendix B: Layer One Statistics. .

Sommario/riassunto

In this thesis, the author describes the development of a software framework to systematically construct a particular class of weakly coupled free fermionic heterotic string models, dubbed gauge models. In their purest form, these models are maximally supersymmetric (N = 4), and thus only contain superpartners in their matter sector. This feature makes their systematic construction particularly efficient, and they are thus useful in their simplicity.  The thesis first provides a brisk



introduction to heterotic strings and the spin-structure construction of free fermionic models. Three systematic surveys are then presented, and it is conjectured that these surveys are exhaustive modulo redundancies. Finally, the author presents a collection of metaheuristic algorithms for searching the landscape for models with a user-specified spectrum of phenomenological properties, e.g. gauge group and number of spacetime supersymmetries. Such algorithms provide the groundwork for extended generic free fermionic surveys.