Mass-splitting between haves and have-nots — symmetry vs. Grand Unified Theory

May 19, 2015
25 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 09 (2015) 155
  • Published: Sep 23, 2015
e-Print:
Report number:
  • IPMU-0072

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Abstract: (Springer)
We revisit the long-standing problem of supersymmetric grand unified theory (GUT), the doublet-triplet splitting problem. We discuss whether symmetry which controls the μ term in the minimal supersymmetric standard model is compatible with GUT. We find that the symmetry must be broken at the GUT scale. A similar argument also shows that the R symmetry, which is important for low energy supersymmetry, must be broken down to a Z2R_{2R} symmetry at the GUT scale. We propose a new prescription to achieve the doublet-triplet splitting by symmetry. There, the symmetry which controls the μ term is spontaneously broken at the GUT scale by order parameters which are charged under other symmetries. Bilinear terms of triplet Higgses are charged under the other symmetries, while those of doublet Higgses are not. Then triplet Higgses directly couple to the order parameters and hence obtain GUT scale masses, while doublet Higgses obtain suppressed masses. The broken R symmetry can be also effectively preserved by a similar prescription. As a demonstration, we construct an SU(5) × SU(5) GUT model. We also comment on unification of yukawa couplings.
Note:
  • 25 pages, 4 figures
  • Beyond Standard Model
  • Supersymmetric Standard Model
  • GUT
  • Discrete and Finite Symmetries
  • new physics
  • grand unified theory: SU(5) x SU(5)
  • grand unified theory: Yukawa
  • supersymmetry
  • minimal supersymmetric standard model
  • Higgs particle: mass difference