Gauge Coupling Unification in F-theory GUT Models
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hep-ph
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gaugecouplingf-theoryunificationfluxnon-trivialbreakingcelebrated
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We investigate gauge coupling unification for F-theory respectively Type IIB orientifold constructions of SU(5) GUT theories with gauge symmetry breaking via non-trivial hypercharge flux. This flux has the non-trivial effect that it splits the values of the three MSSM gauge couplings at the string scale, thus potentially spoiling the celebrated one-loop gauge coupling unification. It is shown how F-theory can evade this problem in a natural way.
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