Open strings, the Standard Model and the LHC

The field of research of this project is string theory and the associated phenomenological effects. The applicant aims, on one hand, to investigate how the Standard Model is embedded in open string vacua and establish the low energy theories of such vacua and, on the other hand, to analyze phenomenological implications of such embeddings in view of experimental data expected from LHC at CERN. The way that Standard Model is embedded in string vacua is one of the most important open problems in string theory and progress in this direction will open the Pandora`s box for phenomenological implications of such vacua. In this framework, the applicant aims to focus on the analysis of new massive gauge bosons, one of the most attractive scenarios at LHC for physics beyond the Standard Model. The aim is to investigate the nature of such new particles by studying specific decays that will be compared with the LHC data in order to gain information about the underlying Fundamental Theory. The field of research involved in this proposal is String Phenomenology, which is strong in Europe compared to other areas worldwide. It is to the advantage of European Institutions to keep the leading position in this field, whose input will come from CERN through the LHC, the largest experimental project of all times.