Published December 1992
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Journal article
A new consistency constraint on the validity of grand unified theories
Description
It has been demonstrated recently by the author that the electric charge quantization is an intrinsic property of the Standard Model. It is shown here that this imposes a new consistency constraint on Grand Unified Theories. This could be used as a guiding principle to help pinpoint valid extensions of the Standard Model. It is shown that the SU(5) model of Georgi and Glashow does not satisfy this criterion while the SU(2)L direct-product SU(2)R direct-product SU(4)c model of Pati and Salam does. 15 refs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Hadronic Journal
- Journal Volume
- 15
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 475-480.
- ISSN
- 0162-5519
- CODEN
- HAJODX
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 28006429
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ELECTRIC CHARGES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; QUANTIZATION
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS