Standard model on a D-brane

Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Feb 18;88(7):071602. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.071602. Epub 2002 Feb 5.

Abstract

We present a consistent string theory model which produces a simple extension of the standard model, consisting of a D3-brane at a simple orbifold singularity. We envision this as a local singularity within a warped compactification. The phenomenology of the model has some novel features. We note that, for the model to be viable, the scale of stringy physics must be in the multi-TeV range. There are natural hierarchies in the fermion spectrum and there are several possible experimental signatures of the model.