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flipped SU(5)

The Flipped SU(5) model is a GUT theory which states that the gauge group is:

SU(5) × U(1)_? /

\mathbb{Z}_5

Fermions form three families, each consisting of the representations

\bar{5}_{-3}

for the lepton doublet, L, and the up quarks

u^c

;

10_1

for the quark doublet,Q ,the down quark,

d^c

and the right-handed neutrino, N;

1_5

for the charged leptons,

e^c

.

It is noticeable that this assignment includes three right-handed neutrinos, which are never been observed, but are often postulated to explain the lightness of the observed neutrinos and neutrino oscillations. There is also a

10_1

and/or

\bar{10}_{-1}

called the Higgs fields which acquire a VEV, yielding the spontaneous symmetry breaking

/\mathbb{Z}_5

/\mathbb{Z}_6

The SU(5) representations transform under this subgroup as the reducible representatio as follows:

\bar{5}_{-3}\rightarrow (\bar{3},1)_{-\frac{2}{3}}\oplus (1,2)_{-\frac{1}{2}}

(uc and l)

10_{1}\rightarrow (3,2)_{\frac{1}{6}}\oplus (\bar{3},1)_{\frac{1}{3}}\oplus (1,1)_0

(q, dc and νc)

1_{5}\rightarrow (1,1)_1

(ec)

24_0\rightarrow (8,1)_0\oplus (1,3)_0\oplus (1,1)_0\oplus (3,2)_{\frac{1}{6}}\oplus (\bar{3},2)_{-\frac{1}{6}}

Comparison with the standard SU(5)

The name "flipped" SU(5) arose in comparison with the "standard" SU(5) model of Georgi-Glashow, in which

u^c

and

d^c

quark are respectively assigned to the 10 and 5 representation. In comparison with the standard SU(5), the flipped SU(5) can accomplish the sopontaneous symmetry breaking using Higgs fields of dimension 10, while the standard SU(5) need both a 5- and 45-dimensional Higgs.

The sign convention for U(1)_? varies from article/book to article.

The hypercharge Y/2 is a linear combination (sum) of the

\begin{pmatrix}{1 \over 15}&0&0&0&0\\0&{1 \over 15}&0&0&0\\0&0&{1 \over 15}&0&0\\0&0&0&-{1 \over 10}&0\\0&0&0&0&-{1 \over 10}\end{pmatrix}

of SU(5) and?/5.

There are also the additional fields 5_-2 and

\bar{5}_2

containing the electroweak Higgs doublets.

Of course, calling the representations things like

\bar{5}_{-3}

and 24₀ is purely a physicist's convention, not a mathematician's convention, where representations are either labelled by Young tableaux or Dynkin diagrams with numbers on their vertices, but still, it is standard among GUT theorists.

Since the homotopy group

/\mathbb{Z}_6}\right)=0

this model does not predicts monopoles. See Hooft-Polyakov monopole.

This theory was invented by Dimitri Nanopoulos, with some collaboration by John Hagelin and John Ellis.

spacetime

The N=1 superspace extension of 3+1 Minkowski spacetime

spatial symmetry

N=1 SUSY over 3+1 Minkowski spacetime with R-symmetry

gauge symmetry group

U(1)_?/Z₅

global internal symmetry

Z₂ (matter parity) not related to U(1)_R in any way for this particular model

vector superfields

Those associated with the SU(5)× U(1)_? gauge symmetry

chiral superfields

As complex representations:

Superpotential

A generic invariant renormalizable superpotential is a (complex)

SU(5)\times U(1)_\chi\times\mathbb{Z}_2

invariant cubic polynomial in the superfields which has an R-charge of 2. It is a linear combination of the following terms:

\begin{matrix}S&S\S 10_H \overline{10}_H&S 10_H^{\alpha\beta} \overline{10}_{H\alpha\beta}\10_H 10_H H_d&\epsilon_{\alpha\beta\gamma\delta\epsilon}10_H^{\alpha\beta}10_H^{\gamma\delta} H_d^{\epsilon}\\overline{10}_H\overline{10}_H H_u&\epsilon^{\alpha\beta\gamma\delta\epsilon}\overline{10}_{H\alpha\beta}\overline{10}_{H\gamma\delta}H_{u\epsilon}\H_d 10 10&\epsilon_{\alpha\beta\gamma\delta\epsilon}H_d^{\alpha}10_i^{\beta\gamma}10_j^{\delta\epsilon}\H_d \bar{5} 1 &H_d^\alpha \bar{5}_{i\alpha} 1_j\H_u 10 \bar{5}&H_{u\alpha} 10_i^{\alpha\beta} \bar{5}_{j\beta}\\overline{10}_H 10 \phi&\overline{10}_{H\alpha\beta} 10_i^{\alpha\beta} \phi_j\\end{matrix}

The second column expands each term in index notation (neglecting the proper normalization coefficient). i and j are the generation indices. The coupling H_d 10_i 10_j has coefficients which are symmetric in i and j.

In those models without the optional f sterile neutrinos, we add the nonrenormalizable couplings

\begin{matrix}(\overline{10}_H 10)(\overline{10}_H 10)&\overline{10}_{H\alpha\beta}10^{\alpha\beta}_i \overline{10}_{H\gamma\delta} 10^{\gamma\delta}_j\\overline{10}_H 10 \overline{10}_H 10&\overline{10}_{H\alpha\beta}10^{\beta\gamma}_i\overline{10}_{H\gamma\delta}10^{\delta\alpha}_j\end{matrix}

instead. These couplings do break the R-symmetry, though.

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