SO(10) theory of R-parity and neutrino mass

Apr, 2000
22 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 597 (2001) 89-109
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Report number:
  • NYU-TH-00-03-08

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Abstract:
We study the Higgs sector of a SO(10) grand unified theory which predicts exact conservation of R-parity at all scales and incorporates the see-saw mechanism. We find possible intermediate scales and light states compatible with the constraints coming from the running of the gauge couplings. Such a pattern could lower the SO(10) breaking scale, allowing the d=6 proton decay operators to be comparable in magnitude to the d=5 ones.
  • grand unified theory: SO(10)
  • supersymmetry
  • Higgs model
  • R parity
  • field theory: renormalizable
  • mass spectrum
  • coupling: gauge
  • p: decay
  • operator: higher-dimensional
  • neutrino: mass