Published December 1, 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Doublet-triplet splitting in an SU(5) grand unification

  • 1. Maskawa Institute for Science and Culture, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto 603-8555 (Japan)

Description

We present a new solution to the doublet-triplet splitting problem which also works in a supersymmetric SU(5) grand unified theory and is testable at TeV-scale collider experiments. In our model, the SU(5) symmetry is broken through the Hosotani mechanism. Thanks to the phase nature of the Hosotani breaking, the 'missing VEV' can be realized even in an SU(5) model. A general and distinctive prediction of this solution is the existence of light adjoint chiral supermultiplets with masses of the supersymmetry-breaking scale. Though these fields disturb the gauge coupling unification, it can be recovered, keeping the unified gauge coupling constant perturbative, by introducing additional vectorlike particles, which may be also observed in the upcoming collider experiments.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
84
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 115016-115016.6
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2011 American Institute of Physics