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We investigate a gauge theory realization of non-Abelian discrete flavor sym-metries and apply the gauge enhancement mechanism in heterotic orbifold models to field-theoretical model building. Several phenomenologically interesting non-Abelian discrete symmetries are realized effectively from a U(1) gauge theory with a permutation symmetry. We also construct a concrete model for the lepton sector based on a U(1)2 ⋊ S 3 symmetry.
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Beye, F., Kobayashi, T. & Kuwakino, S. Gauge extension of non-Abelian discrete flavor symmetry. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 153 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2015)153
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