scholarly journals Proton stability in grand unified theories, in strings and in branes

2007 ◽  
Vol 441 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 191-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pran Nath ◽  
Pavel Fileviez Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Grand Unified Theories ◽  
Unified Theories ◽  
Proton Stability

Water, Water, Here and There

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven E. Vigdor
Keyword(s):  
Quark Mass ◽  
Mass Difference ◽  
Baryon Number ◽  
Electroweak Phase Transition ◽  
Hydrogen Burning ◽  
Quark Masses ◽  
Grand Unified Theories ◽  
Down Quark ◽  
Unified Theories ◽  
The Stability

Chapter 4 deals with the stability of the proton, hence of hydrogen, and how to reconcile that stability with the baryon number nonconservation (or baryon conservation) needed to establish a matter–antimatter imbalance in the infant universe. Sakharov’s three conditions for establishing a matter–antimatter imbalance are presented. Grand unified theories and experimental searches for proton decay are described. The concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking is introduced in describing the electroweak phase transition in the infant universe. That transition is treated as the potential site for introducing the imbalance between quarks and antiquarks, via either baryogenesis or leptogenesis models. The up–down quark mass difference is presented as essential for providing the stability of hydrogen and of the deuteron, which serves as a crucial stepping stone in stellar hydrogen-burning reactions that generate the energy and elements needed for life. Constraints on quark masses from lattice QCD calculations and violations of chiral symmetry are discussed.

scholarly journals Accidental SO(10) axion from gauged flavour

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Di Luzio
Keyword(s):  
Mass Window ◽  
High Quality ◽  
High Scale ◽  
Quality Problem ◽  
Axion Mass ◽  
Grand Unified Theories ◽  
Unified Theories ◽  
Canonical Dimension ◽  
General Perspective ◽  
Effective Operators

Abstract An accidental U(1) Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry automatically arises in a class of SO(10) unified theories upon gauging the SU(3)f flavour group. The PQ symmetry is protected by the ℤ4 × ℤ3 center of SO(10) × SU(3)f up to effective operators of canonical dimension six. However, high-scale contributions to the axion potential posing a PQ quality problem arise only at d = 9. In the pre-inflationary PQ breaking scenario the axion mass window is predicted to be ma ∈ [7 × 10−8, 10−3] eV, where the lower end is bounded by the seesaw scale and the upper end by iso-curvature fluctuations. A high-quality axion, that is immune to the PQ quality problem, is obtained for ma ≳ 2 0.02 eV. We finally offer a general perspective on the PQ quality problem in grand unified theories.

Mass scales in grand unified theories

1982 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 2396-2419 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. Robinett ◽  
Jonathan L. Rosner
Keyword(s):  
Grand Unified Theories ◽  
Unified Theories

scholarly journals The LHC Higgs boson discovery: Implications for Finite Unified Theories

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (18) ◽  
pp. 1430032 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Heinemeyer ◽  
M. Mondragón ◽  
G. Zoupanos
Keyword(s):  
Higgs Boson ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Boson Mass ◽  
Higgs Boson Mass ◽  
Light Higgs Boson ◽  
Quark Masses ◽  
Grand Unified Theories ◽  
Unified Theories ◽  
Discovery Potential

Finite Unified Theories (FUTs) are N = 1 supersymmetric Grand Unified Theories (GUTs) which can be made finite to all-loop orders, based on the principle of reduction of couplings, and therefore are provided with a large predictive power. We confront the predictions of an SU(5) FUT with the top and bottom quark masses and other low-energy experimental constraints, resulting in a relatively heavy SUSY spectrum, naturally consistent with the nonobservation of those particles at the LHC. The light Higgs boson mass is automatically predicted in the range compatible with the Higgs discovery at the LHC. Requiring a light Higgs boson mass in the precise range of Mh= 125.6 ±2.1 GeV favors the lower part of the allowed spectrum, resulting in clear predictions for the discovery potential at current and future pp, as well as future e+e-colliders.

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