Quarks and Leptons From Orbifolded Superstring

• Main Authors: Choi, Kang-Sin (Author), Kim, Jihn E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 696
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Nuclear physics.; Elementary particles (Physics).; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.; Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory.
• Physical Description: XII, 400 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540327646
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;

This book seeks to be a guidebook on the journey towards the minimal supersymmetric standard model down the orbifold road. It takes the viewpoint that the chirality of matter fermions is an essential aspect that orbifold compactification allows to derive from higher-dimensional string theories in a rather straight-forward manner. Halfway between a textbook and a tutorial review, Quarks and Leptons from Orbifolded Superstring is intended for the graduate student and particle phenomenologist wishing to get acquainted with this field.