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The KM phase in semi-realistic heterotic orbifold models

Joel Giedt

hep-pharXiv:hep-ph/0007193

Abstract

In string-inspired semi-realistic heterotic orbifolds models with an anomalous U(1)X, a nonzero Kobayashi-Masakawa (KM) phase is shown to arise generically from the expectation values of complex scalar fields, which appear in nonrenormalizable quark mass couplings. Modular covariant nonrenormalizable superpotential couplings are constructed. A toy Z3 orbifold model is analyzed in some detail. Modular symmetries and orbifold selection rules are taken into account and do not lead to a cancellation of the KM phase. We also discuss attempts to obtain the KM phase solely from renormalizable interactions.

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