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Title: Yukawa sector of minimal SO(10) unification

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)

We show that in SO(10) models, a Yukawa sector consisting of a real 10H, a real 120H and a complex 126H of Higgs fields can provide a realistic fit to all fermion masses and mixings, including the neutrino sector. Although the group theory of SO(10) demands that the 10H and 120H be real, most constructions complexify these fields and impose symmetries exterior to SO(10) to achieve predictivity. The proposed new framework with real 10H and real 120H relies only on SO(10) gauge symmetry, and yet has a limited number of Yukawa parameters. Our analysis shows that while there are restrictions on the observables, a good fit to the entire fermion spectrum can be realized. Unification of gauge couplings is achieved with an intermediate scale Pati-Salam gauge symmetry. Proton decay branching ratios are calculable, with the leading decay modes being p→ν¯¯¯π+p→ν¯π+ and p → e+π0.

Research Organization:
Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0010108
OSTI ID:
1356074
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1358355
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Vol. 2017, Issue 2; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 37 works
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