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5D SUSY Orbifold SU(6) GUT and Pseudo-Goldstone Higgs Doublets

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We construct a 5D SUSY SU(6) GUT on an S(1)/Z2\tmZ2S^{(1)}/Z_2\tm Z_2' orbifold. The first stage of gauge symmetry breaking occurs through compactification and a specific selection of boundary conditions. Additional symmetries play a crucial role for the generation of μ\mu and BμB\mu terms of appropriate values: with a SU(2)cusSU(2)_{cus} custodial symmetry the Higgs doublets naturally emerge as massless pseudo-Goldstone bosons in the unbroken SUSY limit. After SUSY breaking they get masses of the order of the weak scale. If instead of SU(2)cusSU(2)_{cus} a discrete Z5Z_5 symmetry is applied the Higgs doublet's masses are still adequately suppressed, but they are not pseudo-Goldstones. The Z5Z_5 discrete symmetry also can be very important for GUT scale generation and an all order hierarchy. Fermion masses are naturally generated and nicely blend with additional symmetries. In the considered scenario unification of the three gauge couplings occurs near 101610^{16} GeV.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0206307,
  title  = {5D SUSY Orbifold SU(6) GUT and Pseudo-Goldstone Higgs Doublets},
  author = {Filipe Paccetti Correia and Michael G. Schmidt and Zurab Tavartkiladze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0206307},
  year   = {2008}
}

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