M-theory and hypercharge

TY - JOUR

T1 - M-theory and hypercharge

AU - Lambert, Neil D

AU - West, Peter C

PY - 1999/12/1

Y1 - 1999/12/1

N2 - We discuss the possibility that the electro-weak and strong interactions arise as the low energy effective description of branes in M-theory. As a step towards constructing such a model we show how one can naturally obtain SU(N-1) x SU(N-2) x U(1) gauge theories from branes, including matter in the bi-fundamental representation of SU(N-1) x SU(N-2) which are fractionally charged under U(1).

AB - We discuss the possibility that the electro-weak and strong interactions arise as the low energy effective description of branes in M-theory. As a step towards constructing such a model we show how one can naturally obtain SU(N-1) x SU(N-2) x U(1) gauge theories from branes, including matter in the bi-fundamental representation of SU(N-1) x SU(N-2) which are fractionally charged under U(1).

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U2 - 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/09/021

DO - 10.1088/1126-6708/1999/09/021

M3 - Article

SN - 1029-8479

VL - 1999

SP - N/A

JO - Journal of High Energy Physics

JF - Journal of High Energy Physics

IS - 9

M1 - 21

ER -