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Title: SU(5) unification with TeV-scale leptoquarks

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
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  1. Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Kavli Inst. for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
  2. Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Kavli Inst. for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe; Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  3. Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay (France). Lab. of Theoretical Physics; Univ. of Sao Paulo (Brazil). Inst. of Physics

It has previously been noted that SU(5) unification can be achieved via the simple addition of light scalar leptoquarks from two split 10 multiplets. We explore the parameter space of this model in detail and find that unification requires at least one leptoquark to have mass below ≈ 16 TeV. We point out that introducing splitting of the 24 allows the unification scale to be raised beyond 1016 GeV, while a U(1)PQ symmetry can be imposed to forbid dangerous proton decay mediated by the light leptoquarks. The latest bounds from LHC searches are combined and we find that a leptoquark as light as 400 GeV is still permitted. Finally, we discuss the interesting possibility that the leptoquarks required for unification could also be responsible for the 2.6σ deviation observed in the ratio R K at LHCb.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Tokyo (Japan). Kavli Inst. for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); Univ. of Sydney (Australia); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT); World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI Initiative); European Union (EU)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0009937; 26104009; 26287039; 16H02176; 690575; 674896
OSTI ID:
1423956
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Vol. 2017, Issue 3; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 34 works
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Footprints of leptoquarks: from $$ R_{K^{(*)}} $$ R K ( ∗ ) to $$ K \rightarrow \pi \nu \bar{\nu }$$ K → π ν ν ¯ journal March 2018
New Physics in $${\varvec{b \rightarrow s \ell ^+ \ell ^-}}$$ b → s ℓ + ℓ - confronts new data on lepton universality journal August 2019
Neutrino mixing and $R_K$ anomaly in $U(1)_X$ models: a bottom-up approach text January 2017
Interpreting Hints for Lepton Flavor Universality Violation text January 2017
Gauge-invariant implications of the LHCb measurements on Lepton-Flavour Non-Universality text January 2017
Improved lattice computation of proton decay matrix elements text January 2017
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