Abstract
Alternative compactification of the heterotic superstring can give rise to a residual four-dimensional SO(10) gauge symmetry for the observable sector. We consider a model with gauge group SU(3) × SU(2) × (U(1)) 2, resulting from the Hosotani breaking of SO(10), study its further gauge symmetry breaking and calculate the particle spectrum. We find that all breakings can occur close to the weak scale; the top mass lies preferentially between 40 and 60 GeV, the second Z boson mass is O(200–400) GeV. The sparticle spectrum is quite heavy, apart possibly from a light chargino, whose mass can be as light as O(30) GeV.
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