Addressing {mu}-b{sub {mu}} and proton lifetime problems and active neutrino masses in a U(1)'-extended supergravity model

Journal Article · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 2009 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.79.095011· OSTI ID:21308453

Hundi, R S; Pakvasa, Sandip; Tata, Xerxes ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (United States)

We present a locally supersymmetric extension of the minimal supersymmetric standard model (MSSM) based on the gauge group SU(3){sub C}xSU(2){sub L}xU(1){sub Y}xU(1)' where, except for the supersymmetry-breaking scale which is fixed to be {approx}10{sup 11} GeV, we require that all non-standard-model parameters allowed by the local spacetime and gauge symmetries assume their natural values. The U(1)' symmetry, which is spontaneously broken at the intermediate scale, serves to (i) explain the weak scale magnitudes of {mu} and b{sub {mu}} terms, (ii) ensure that dimension-3 and dimension-4 baryon-number-violating superpotential operators (and, in a class of models, all {delta}B=1 operators) are forbidden, solving the proton-lifetime problem, and (iii) predict bilinear lepton-number violation in the superpotential at just the right level to accommodate the observed mass and mixing pattern of active neutrinos (leading to a novel connection between the SUSY-breaking scale and neutrino masses), while corresponding trilinear operators are strongly suppressed. The phenomenology is like that of the MSSM with bilinear R-parity violation, where the would-be lightest supersymmetric particle decays leptonically with a lifetime of {approx}10{sup -12}-10{sup -8} s. Theoretical consistency of our model requires the existence of multi-TeV, stable, color-triplet, weak-isosinglet scalars or fermions, with either conventional or exotic electric charge which should be readily detectable if they are within the kinematic reach of a hadron collider. Null results of searches for heavy exotic isotopes imply that the reheating temperature of our Universe must have been below their mass scale which, in turn, suggests that sphalerons play a key role for baryogenesis. Finally, the dark matter cannot be the weakly interacting neutralino.

• OSTI ID: 21308453
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 79; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BARYON NUMBER
COLOR MODEL
ELECTRIC CHARGES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
LEPTON NUMBER
LIFETIME
MIXING
NEUTRINOS
NONLUMINOUS MATTER
PARITY
PROTONS
SPACE-TIME
SPARTICLES
SU-2 GROUPS
SU-3 GROUPS
SUPERGRAVITY
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY BREAKING
TEV RANGE
U-1 GROUPS