A minimal non-supersymmetric SO(10) model with Peccei–Quinn symmetry

• Published in: Physics Letters B
• Main Authors: Boucenna, Sofiane M., Ohlsson, Tommy, Pernow, Marcus
• Other Authors: Science Institute (UI), Raunvísindastofnun (HÍ), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2019
• Subjects: Nuclear and High Energy Physics; Non-supersymmetric; SO(10) GUT; Kjarneðlisfræði; Roland; Iceland
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1743; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2019.03.045

Publisher's version (útgefin grein) We present a minimal non-supersymmetric SO(10) GUT breaking directly to the Standard Model gauge group. Precise gauge coupling unification is achieved due to the presence of two color-octet scalars, one of which is accessible to LHC searches. Proton lifetime is predicted to be below 4.5 × 1034 years, which is within the projected five-year sensitivity of the proposed Hyper-Kamiokande experiment. We find that the Standard Model observables are reproduced to a reasonable accuracy in a numerical fit, which also predicts the unknown neutrino parameters. Finally, the two scalar representations stabilize the electroweak vacuum and the dark matter is comprised of axions S.M.B. thanks the “Roland Gustafssons Stiftelse för teoretisk fysik” for partial financial support. T.O. acknowledges support by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet) through contract No. 2017-03934 and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology for a sabbatical period at the University of Iceland. M.P. thanks “Stiftelsen Olle Engkvist Byggmästare” for financial support through contract No. 2017/85 (179) as well as “Roland Gustafssons Stiftelse för teoretisk fysik”. Numerical computations were performed on resources provided by the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) at PDC Center for High Performance Computing (PDC-HPC) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden under project numbers PDC-2018-49 and SNIC 2018/3-559. Peer Reviewed