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An explicit SU(12) family and flavor unification model with natural fermion masses and mixings

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
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  1. Northern Illinois Univ., Dekalb, IL (United States)
  2. Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
We present an SU(12) unification model with three light chiral families, avoiding any external flavor symmetries. The hierarchy of quark and lepton masses and mixings is explained by higher dimensional Yukawa interactions involving Higgs bosons that contain SU(5) singlet fields with VEVs about 50 times smaller than the SU(12) unification scale. The presented model has been analyzed in detail and found to be in very good agreement with the observed quark and lepton masses and mixings.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11359
OSTI ID:
1155792
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-PUB-12-105-T; arXiv eprint number arXiv:1204.5471
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 86; ISSN 1550-7998
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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