Seminari di gruppo IV

Higher-Dimensional Unification with continuous and fuzzy coset spaces as extra dimension

by Prof. George Zoupanos (Athens Technical University)

Europe/Rome
0M04

0M04

Description
We first review the Coset Space Dimensional Reduction (CSDR) programme and present the best model constructed so far based on the N = 1, 10-dimensional E_8 gauge theory reduced over the nearly-Kaehler manifold SU(3)/U(1)×U(1) with the additional use of the Wilson fluxmechanism. Then we present the corresponding programme in the case that the extra dimensions are considered to be fuzzy coset spaces and the best model that has been constructed in this framework too. In both cases the best model appears to be the trinificatio GUT SU(3)^3.