SO(10) and the invisible axion

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.25.2425· OSTI ID:5193427

Lazarides, G

We study the Dine, Fischler, and Srednicki mechanism for solving the strong CP problem in the context of the SO(10) unified gauge theory. We find that this mechanism can be implemented in a minimally extended SO(10) model, where the SO(10) symmetry breaks down to SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) via SU(5). The resulting theory is consistent with the standard hot-big-bang cosmology and with present phenomenology. We also show that, in other minimally extended SO(10) models, where SO(10) breaks down to SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) either directly or via SU(4) x SU(2) x SU(2), the Dine, Fischler, and Srednicki mechanism cannot be implemented.

• Research Organization: The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-81ER40033
• OSTI ID: 5193427
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 25:9; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
AXIONS
BOSONS
COSMOLOGICAL MODELS
CP INVARIANCE
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FIELD THEORIES
GOLDSTONE BOSONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LIE GROUPS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SO GROUPS
SO-10 GROUPS
SU GROUPS
SU-2 GROUPS
SU-3 GROUPS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
SYMMETRY GROUPS
U GROUPS
U-1 GROUPS
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