%0 Journal Article %T Study of Minimal String Unification in $Z_8$ Orbifold Models %A H. Kawabe %A T. Kobayashi %A N. Ohtsubo %J Physics %D 1993 %I arXiv %R 10.1016/0370-2693(94)91161-4 %X We study the construction of the minimal supersymmetric standard model from the $Z_8$ orbifold models. We use a target-space duality anomaly cancellation and a unification of gauge couplings as constraints. It is shown that some models obtained through a systematical search realize the unification of SU(3) and SU(2) coupling constants. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9309069v1