Natural flavor conservation and "soft"CPviolation in grand unified theories: A phenomenological SO(10) model with a low intermediate mass scale

1984 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 2391-2395 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Cocolicchio ◽  
G. L. Fogli
Keyword(s):  
Mass Scale ◽  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
Grand Unified Theories ◽  
Unified Theories

Can There Be Low Intermediate Mass Scales in Grand Unified Theories?

1981 ◽  
Vol 46 (20) ◽  
pp. 1315-1317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Rizzo ◽  
Goran Senjanović
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
Grand Unified Theories ◽  
Unified Theories

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
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