Modification of predictions of grand unified theories in the presence of spontaneous compactification

Journal Article · Mon Mar 12 00:00:00 EST 1984 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.52.875· OSTI ID:6825909

Shafi, Q; Wetterich, C

There are speculations that grand unified theories (GUT's) may arise from higher-dimensional models of gravity in which the extra dimensions are spontaneously compactified. The GUT predictions for proton decay and sin/sup 2/theta/sub w/ can be significantly modified when nonrenormalizable interactions, scaled by inverse powers of the compactification scale M/sub c/, are added to the standard GUT Lagrangian. For example, the decay rate for p..-->..e/sup +/..pi../sup 0/ in minimal SU(5) can be lowered by one (two) orders of magnitude if M/sub c/ is on the order of 10/sup 17/ GeV. However, sin/sup 2/theta/sub W/ then decreases by 0.005 (0.01). The SO(10) model is also discussed.

• Research Organization: Bartol Research Foundation, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-78ER05007
• OSTI ID: 6825909
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Vol. 52:11
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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