Compactifications of the Chaudhuri-Hockney-Lykken (CHL) string to eight dimensions can be characterized by embeddings of root lattices into the rank 12 momentum lattice Lambda(M), the so-called Mikhailov lattice. Based on these data, we devise a method to determine the global gauge group structure including all U(1) factors. The key observation is that, while the physical states correspond to vectors in the momentum lattice, the gauge group topology is encoded in its dual. Interpreting a nontrivial pi(1)(G) = Z for the non-Abelian gauge group G as having gauged a Z 1-form symmetry, we also prove that all CHL gauge groups are free of a certain anomaly [1] that would obstruct this gauging. We verify this by explicitly computing Z for all 8D CHL vacua with rank(G) = 10. Since our method applies also to T-2 compactifications of heterotic strings, we further establish a map that determines any CHL gauge group topology from that of a "parent" heterotic model.

Cvetic, M., Dierigl, M., Lin, L., Zhang, H.Y. (2021). Gauge group topology of 8D Chaudhuri-Hockney-Lykken vacua. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 104(8), 1-18 [10.1103/PhysRevD.104.086018].

Gauge group topology of 8D Chaudhuri-Hockney-Lykken vacua

Lin, Ling;
2021

Abstract

Compactifications of the Chaudhuri-Hockney-Lykken (CHL) string to eight dimensions can be characterized by embeddings of root lattices into the rank 12 momentum lattice Lambda(M), the so-called Mikhailov lattice. Based on these data, we devise a method to determine the global gauge group structure including all U(1) factors. The key observation is that, while the physical states correspond to vectors in the momentum lattice, the gauge group topology is encoded in its dual. Interpreting a nontrivial pi(1)(G) = Z for the non-Abelian gauge group G as having gauged a Z 1-form symmetry, we also prove that all CHL gauge groups are free of a certain anomaly [1] that would obstruct this gauging. We verify this by explicitly computing Z for all 8D CHL vacua with rank(G) = 10. Since our method applies also to T-2 compactifications of heterotic strings, we further establish a map that determines any CHL gauge group topology from that of a "parent" heterotic model.
2021
Cvetic, M., Dierigl, M., Lin, L., Zhang, H.Y. (2021). Gauge group topology of 8D Chaudhuri-Hockney-Lykken vacua. PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 104(8), 1-18 [10.1103/PhysRevD.104.086018].
Cvetic, Mirjam; Dierigl, Markus; Lin, Ling; Zhang, Hao Y.
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