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Patterns of remnant discrete symmetries (0907.4049v1)
Published 23 Jul 2009 in hep-ph and hep-th
Abstract: We analyze patterns of remnant discrete symmetries that arise from U(1)N theories by spontaneous breaking. We describe a simple, geometrical way to understand these patterns and provide methods for identifying the discrete symmetries and bringing them to the simplest possible form. Applications in GUT and string model building are briefly discussed.