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We study gauge theories which are associated with classical vacua of perturbative type II string theory that allows for a conformal field theory description. We show that even if we compactify seven spatial dimensions (allowing for one macroscopic dimension to arise non-perturbatively) the Standard Model cannot be obtained from the perturbative sector of type H superstrings. Therefore, the construction of the Standard Model (or extensions thereof) from M theory must involve fields that are non-perturbative from the type II perspective. We also address the case of eight compact dimensions. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

We study gauge theories which are associated with classical vacua of perturbative type II string theory that allows for a conformal field theory description. We show that even if we compactify seven spatial dimensions (allowing for one macroscopic dimension to arise non-perturbatively) the Standard Model cannot be obtained from the perturbative sector of type H superstrings. Therefore, the construction of the Standard Model (or extensions thereof) from M theory must involve fields that are non-perturbative from the type II perspective. We also address the case of eight compact dimensions. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

We study gauge theories which are associated with classical vacua of perturbative type II string theory that allows for a conformal field theory description. We show that even if we compactify seven spatial dimensions (allowing for one macroscopic dimension to arise non-perturbatively) the Standard Model cannot be obtained from the perturbative sector of type H superstrings. Therefore, the construction of the Standard Model (or extensions thereof) from M theory must involve fields that are non-perturbative from the type II perspective. We also address the case of eight compact dimensions. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.