On the phenomenological implications of a Pati-Salam model spontaneously broken by Higgs fields in fundamental representations
Abstract We present a supersymmetric Pati-Salam model with small representations as a potential candidate for physics beyond the Standard Model. The model features a Higgs sector with bifundamental fields H R + H ¯ R $$ {\overline{H}}_R $$ = (4, 1, 2) + ( 4 ¯ $$ \overline{4} $$ , 1, 2), H L + H ¯ L...
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| description | Abstract We present a supersymmetric Pati-Salam model with small representations as a potential candidate for physics beyond the Standard Model. The model features a Higgs sector with bifundamental fields H R + H ¯ R $$ {\overline{H}}_R $$ = (4, 1, 2) + ( 4 ¯ $$ \overline{4} $$ , 1, 2), H L + H ¯ L $$ {\overline{H}}_L $$ = (4, 2, 1) + ( 4 ¯ $$ \overline{4} $$ , 2, 1) as well as a pair of bi-doublet fields h a = (1, 2, 2) where a = 1, 2, with three families of fermions accommodated in (4, 2, 1) + ( 4 ¯ $$ \overline{4} $$ , 1, 2) as usual. The matter spectrum is augmented with three copies of neutral singlets that mix with ordinary neutrinos to realize the seesaw mechanism. The model introduces supersymmetric R-symmetry and a global discrete ℤ n symmetry (n > 2) that prevents disastrous superpotential couplings, while its spontaneous breaking implies the existence of domain walls that are successfully addressed. Interestingly, the one-loop beta coefficient of the SU(4) C gauge coupling is zero in the minimal ℤ 3 model, rendering the corresponding gauge coupling near-conformal in the UV. Meanwhile, Landau poles are avoided up to the Planck scale and proton decay is suppressed, resulting in a proton lifetime beyond current experimental bounds. By virtue of the extended Higgs sector, the key advantage of this PS model is its ability to disentangle quark and lepton masses through higher-dimensional effective operators, addressing a common limitation in GUT models with small Higgs representations. This makes the model more economical and easier to be constructed from string theory, particularly in several heterotic and F-theory models where Higgses in the adjoint representation are absent. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-db53432cde1743a2880a14d636d6b3ee2025-08-20T02:31:03ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-05-012025512810.1007/JHEP05(2025)179On the phenomenological implications of a Pati-Salam model spontaneously broken by Higgs fields in fundamental representationsGeorge K. Leontaris0Ruiwen Ouyang1Ye-Ling Zhou2Physics Department, University of IoanninaSchool of Fundamental Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCASSchool of Fundamental Physics and Mathematical Sciences, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCASAbstract We present a supersymmetric Pati-Salam model with small representations as a potential candidate for physics beyond the Standard Model. The model features a Higgs sector with bifundamental fields H R + H ¯ R $$ {\overline{H}}_R $$ = (4, 1, 2) + ( 4 ¯ $$ \overline{4} $$ , 1, 2), H L + H ¯ L $$ {\overline{H}}_L $$ = (4, 2, 1) + ( 4 ¯ $$ \overline{4} $$ , 2, 1) as well as a pair of bi-doublet fields h a = (1, 2, 2) where a = 1, 2, with three families of fermions accommodated in (4, 2, 1) + ( 4 ¯ $$ \overline{4} $$ , 1, 2) as usual. The matter spectrum is augmented with three copies of neutral singlets that mix with ordinary neutrinos to realize the seesaw mechanism. The model introduces supersymmetric R-symmetry and a global discrete ℤ n symmetry (n > 2) that prevents disastrous superpotential couplings, while its spontaneous breaking implies the existence of domain walls that are successfully addressed. Interestingly, the one-loop beta coefficient of the SU(4) C gauge coupling is zero in the minimal ℤ 3 model, rendering the corresponding gauge coupling near-conformal in the UV. Meanwhile, Landau poles are avoided up to the Planck scale and proton decay is suppressed, resulting in a proton lifetime beyond current experimental bounds. By virtue of the extended Higgs sector, the key advantage of this PS model is its ability to disentangle quark and lepton masses through higher-dimensional effective operators, addressing a common limitation in GUT models with small Higgs representations. This makes the model more economical and easier to be constructed from string theory, particularly in several heterotic and F-theory models where Higgses in the adjoint representation are absent.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2025)179Grand UnificationLeft-Right ModelsBaryon/Lepton Number ViolationSupersymmetry |
| spellingShingle | George K. Leontaris Ruiwen Ouyang Ye-Ling Zhou On the phenomenological implications of a Pati-Salam model spontaneously broken by Higgs fields in fundamental representations Journal of High Energy Physics Grand Unification Left-Right Models Baryon/Lepton Number Violation Supersymmetry |
| title | On the phenomenological implications of a Pati-Salam model spontaneously broken by Higgs fields in fundamental representations |
| title_full | On the phenomenological implications of a Pati-Salam model spontaneously broken by Higgs fields in fundamental representations |
| title_fullStr | On the phenomenological implications of a Pati-Salam model spontaneously broken by Higgs fields in fundamental representations |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the phenomenological implications of a Pati-Salam model spontaneously broken by Higgs fields in fundamental representations |
| title_short | On the phenomenological implications of a Pati-Salam model spontaneously broken by Higgs fields in fundamental representations |
| title_sort | on the phenomenological implications of a pati salam model spontaneously broken by higgs fields in fundamental representations |
| topic | Grand Unification Left-Right Models Baryon/Lepton Number Violation Supersymmetry |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2025)179 |
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