Non-Supersymmetric Orbifolds
Anamaria Font, Alexis Hernandez
TL;DR
This paper investigates non-supersymmetric orbifold models, analyzing their spectra, classifying tachyon-free cases, and exploring their connections to K3 and Calabi-Yau compactifications.
Contribution
It provides a detailed spectrum analysis of non-supersymmetric orbifolds and offers a partial classification of tachyon-free heterotic models.
Findings
Identified tachyonic spectra in various models
Classified some tachyon-free heterotic orbifolds
Discussed relations to K3 and Calabi-Yau compactifications
Abstract
We study compact non-supersymmetric Z_N orbifolds in various dimensions. We compute the spectrum of several tachyonic type II and heterotic examples and partially classify tachyon-free heterotic models. We also discuss the relation to compactification on K3 and Calabi-Yau manifolds.
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