Matter matters in moduli fixing and modular flavor symmetries
Víctor Knapp–Pérez, Xiang-Gan Liu, Hans Peter Nilles, Saúl Ramos–Sánchez, Michael Ratz
Abstract
Modular flavor symmetries provide us with a very compelling approach to the flavor problem. It has been argued that moduli values close to some special values like τ=i or τ=ω provide us with the best fits to data. We point out that the presence of hidden “matter” fields, needed to uplift symmetric AdS vacua, gives rise to a dynamical mechanism that leads to such values of τ.
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PhysicsHomogeneous spaceFlavorModuliModular designParticle physicsTheoretical physicsQuantum mechanicsMedicineGeometryMathematicsOperating systemPathologyComputer scienceParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesCosmology and Gravitation Theories