Electroweak Unification into a Five-Dimensional SU(3) at a TeV
- SLAC
We apply a recently proposed mechanism for predicting the weak mixing angle to theories with TeV-size dimensions. ''Reconstruction'' of the associated moose (or quiver) leads to theories which unify the electroweak forces into a five dimensional SU(3) symmetry. Quarks live at an orbifold fixed point where SU(3) breaks to the electroweak group. A variety of theories--all sharing the same successful prediction of sin{sup 2} {theta}{sub W}-emerges; they differ primarily by the spatial location of the leptons and the absence or presence of supersymmetry. A particularly interesting theory puts leptons in a Konopinski-Mahmoud triplet and suppresses proton decay by placing quarks and leptons on opposite fixed points.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 799113
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-9148
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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