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Title: Three-lepton decay of the proton in a fractionally-charged-quark SU(4) x SU(2)/sub L/ x SU(2)/sub R/ model

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

An interesting three-lepton decay mode of the proton is analyzed in a fractionally-charged-quark SU(4)/sub c/ x SU(2)/sub L/ x SU(2) /sub R/ Pati-Salam-type model. With a quark-lepton-unification mass of about 10/sup 5/ GeV and reasonable values for the colored-Higgs-boson masses, the lifetime of the proton turns out to be of the order of 10/sup 31/ yr. This, being comparable with the results of the lifetime calculation for other decay modes, should not be ignored in the dedicated experiments.

Research Organization:
Physics Department, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar 751004, India
OSTI ID:
5456244
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Vol. 28:11
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English