Baryon number generation and mass relations in SO(10) unified models

Thesis/Dissertation · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6114901

Harvey, J A

Two topics are discussed in this thesis. The first is the calculation of cosmological baryon number generation in the early universe. These calculations are performed for a variety of SU(5) and SO(10) unified models. The effects of superheavy fermions and charge conjugation symmetry are discussed in the context of SO(10) models. The second section contains an analysis of natural fermion mass and mixing angle relations in a grand unified model based on SO(10). These relations are used to study neutrino masses and oscillations. Appreciable mixing is found only between ..mu.. and tau neutrinos. Spinor representations of the Lorentz group and of SO(10) are described in two appendices.

• Research Organization: California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6114901
• 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
BARYON NUMBER
COSMOLOGY
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
LEPTONS
LIE GROUPS
LORENTZ GROUPS
MASS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NEUTRINOS
OSCILLATIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
POINCARE GROUPS
SO GROUPS
SPINORS
SU GROUPS
SU-5 GROUPS
SYMMETRY GROUPS
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS