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To tilt or not to tilt: discrete gauge symmetries in global intersecting D-brane models

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Discrete gauge symmetries in global intersecting D-brane models constrain the exact form of the perturbative as well as non-perturbative superpotential. We derive the complete set of conditions on the existence of discrete \( {{\mathbb{Z}}_n} \) gauge symmetries on toroidal orbifolds, T 6/\( {{\mathbb{Z}}_N} \) and T 6/\( {{\mathbb{Z}}_2} \) × \( {{\mathbb{Z}}_{2M }} \), with fractional or rigid D6-branes on tilted tori, for which global models of particle physics are known. Several examples of global left-right symmetric and Pati-Salam models are presented. Some discrete ‘stringy’ \( {{\mathbb{Z}}_n} \) symmetries are trivial from the field theory point of view, while others have not been identified before.

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Honecker, G., Staessens, W. To tilt or not to tilt: discrete gauge symmetries in global intersecting D-brane models. J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 146 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2013)146

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