ON PROTON DECAY

Dec, 1979
37 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.D 23 (1981) 132
Report number:
  • CCNY-HEP-79-25

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Abstract: (APS)
In this paper we apply our new renormalization program to the study of the proton lifetime in an asymptotically free SU(5) model. In our study we have included the full one-loop renormalization effects, including (i) gluon, U(1)-boson, and W exchange corrections, and (ii) the self-energy mass renormalization effects of the X boson. While MX can be determined from low-energy data and is independent of Higgs-boson and fermion contents of the theory, the calculation of the proton lifetime is very dependent. By our analysis of an SU(5) model we hope to demonstrate how a complete one-loop renormalization of the proton lifetime can be carried out.
  • P: LIFETIME
  • FIELD THEORY: SU(5)
  • FIELD THEORY: ASYMPTOTIC FREEDOM
  • PROPAGATOR: RENORMALIZATION
  • MASS: RENORMALIZATION
  • RENORMALIZATION: MASS
  • RENORMALIZATION GROUP
  • FIELD THEORY: LOW-ENERGY THEOREM
  • NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS