arXiv:2509.10019·v1·High Energy Physics — Theory
Non-Invertible Selection Rules on Heterotic Non-Abelian Orbifolds
Tatsuo Kobayashi🇯🇵 · Ryusei Nishida🇯🇵 · Hajime Otsuka🇯🇵
Abstract
We investigate coupling selection rules in heterotic string theory on non-Abelian orbifolds. Since boundary conditions on the orbifolds are classified by conjugacy classes of space group elements, non-Abelian orbifolds give rise to non-invertible selection rules on couplings among twisted sectors as well as ones including untwisted sectors. Furthermore, we find that non-invertible selection rules lead to characteristic patterns of Yukawa matrices.
Comments: 21 pages