We review applications of string theory to cosmology, from primordial times to the present-
day accelerated expansion. Starting with a brief overview of cosmology and string …

This review article provides a pedagogical introduction into various classes of chiral string
compactifications to four dimensions with D-branes and fluxes. The main concern is to …

A bstract Eclectic flavor groups arising from string compactifications combine the power of
modular and traditional flavor symmetries to address the flavor puzzle. This top-down …

String theory leads to a flavor scheme where modular symmetries play a crucial role.
Together with the traditional flavor symmetries they combine to an eclectic flavor group …

We construct heterotic standard models by compactifying on smooth Calabi-Yau three-folds
in the presence of purely Abelian internal gauge fields. A systematic search over complete …

We explore a “fertile patch” of the heterotic landscape based on a Z6-II orbifold with SO (10)
and E6 local GUT structures. We search for models allowing for the exact MSSM spectrum …

After completion of LHC Run 2, the ATLAS and CMS experiments had collected of order 139
fb− 1 of data at√ s= 13 TeV. While discovering a very Standard Model-like Higgs boson of …

A bstract In a previous publication, arXiv: 1106.4804, we have found 200 models from
heterotic Calabi-Yau compactifications with line bundles, which lead to standard models …

We study the origin of non-Abelian discrete flavor symmetries in superstring theory. We
classify all possible non-Abelian discrete flavor symmetries which can appear in heterotic …

We show the existence of realistic vacua in string theory whose observable sector has
exactly the matter content of the MSSM. This is achieved by compactifying the E 8× E 8 …