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In this paper we construct supersymmetric flipped SU(5) GUTs from E 8 singularities in F-theory. We start from an SO(10) singularity unfolded from an E 8 singularity by using an SU(4) spectral cover. To obtain realistic models, we consider (3, 1) and (2, 2) factorizations of the SU(4) cover. After turning on the massless U(1) X gauge flux, we obtain the SU(5) × U(1) X gauge group. Based on the well-studied geometric backgrounds in the literature, we demonstrate several models and discuss their phenomenology.
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Chen, CM., Chung, YC. Flipped SU(5) GUTs from E 8 singularities in F-theory. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 49 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2011)049
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