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Title: S U ( 5 ) × U ( 1 ) X axion model with observable proton decay

Abstract

We propose a SU(5) × U(1)X × U(1)PQ model, where U(1)X is the generalization of the B – L (baryon minus lepton number) gauge symmetry and U(1)PQ is the global Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry. There are four fermions families in $$\bar{5}+10$$ representations of SU(5), a mirror family in $$5+\overline{10}$$ representations, and three SU(5) singlet Majorana fermions. The U(1)X related anomalies all cancel in the presence of the Majorana neutrinos. The SU(5) symmetry is broken at MGUT ≃ (6–9) × 1015 GeV and the proton lifetime τp is estimated to be well within the expected sensitivity of the future hyper-Kamiokande experiment, τp ≲ 1.3 × 1035 years. The SU(5) breaking also triggers the breaking of the PQ symmetry, resulting in axion dark matter (DM), with the axion decay constant fa of order MGUT or somewhat larger. The CASPEr experiment can search for such an axion DM candidate. The Hubble parameter during inflation must be low, Hinf ≲ 109 GeV, in order to successfully resolve the axion domain wall, axion DM isocurvature and SU(5) monopole problems. With the identification of the U(1)X breaking Higgs field with the inflaton field, we implement inflection-point inflation, which is capable of realizing the desired value for Hinf . The vectorlike fermions in the model are essential for achieving successful unification of the SM gauge couplings as well as the phenomenological viability of both axion DM and inflation scenario.

Authors:
ORCiD logo; ORCiD logo;
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL (United States); Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1822494
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1851638; OSTI ID: 1998084
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012447; SC0013880
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review D
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Physical Review D Journal Volume: 104 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
Publisher:
American Physical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Physics; Axions; Cosmology; Grand unified models; Hypothetical particle physics models

Citation Formats

Okada, Nobuchika, Raut, Digesh, and Shafi, Qaisar. S U ( 5 ) × U ( 1 ) X axion model with observable proton decay. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.104.055041.
Okada, Nobuchika, Raut, Digesh, & Shafi, Qaisar. S U ( 5 ) × U ( 1 ) X axion model with observable proton decay. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.055041
Okada, Nobuchika, Raut, Digesh, and Shafi, Qaisar. Mon . "S U ( 5 ) × U ( 1 ) X axion model with observable proton decay". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.055041.
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abstractNote = {We propose a SU(5) × U(1)X × U(1)PQ model, where U(1)X is the generalization of the B – L (baryon minus lepton number) gauge symmetry and U(1)PQ is the global Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry. There are four fermions families in $\bar{5}+10$ representations of SU(5), a mirror family in $5+\overline{10}$ representations, and three SU(5) singlet Majorana fermions. The U(1)X related anomalies all cancel in the presence of the Majorana neutrinos. The SU(5) symmetry is broken at MGUT ≃ (6–9) × 1015 GeV and the proton lifetime τp is estimated to be well within the expected sensitivity of the future hyper-Kamiokande experiment, τp ≲ 1.3 × 1035 years. The SU(5) breaking also triggers the breaking of the PQ symmetry, resulting in axion dark matter (DM), with the axion decay constant fa of order MGUT or somewhat larger. The CASPEr experiment can search for such an axion DM candidate. The Hubble parameter during inflation must be low, Hinf ≲ 109 GeV, in order to successfully resolve the axion domain wall, axion DM isocurvature and SU(5) monopole problems. With the identification of the U(1)X breaking Higgs field with the inflaton field, we implement inflection-point inflation, which is capable of realizing the desired value for Hinf . The vectorlike fermions in the model are essential for achieving successful unification of the SM gauge couplings as well as the phenomenological viability of both axion DM and inflation scenario.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.104.055041},
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year = {Mon Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Mon Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
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