A Model for the Three Lepton Decay Mode of the Proton
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-09-25 v2
Abstract
An extension of the left--right symmetric model has been constructed which gives in a natural way the three lepton decay modes of the proton which have been suggested as an explanation for the atmospheric neutrino anomaly. We write down the potential which after minimization gives the proper choice of the Higgs spectrum. With this Higgs spectrum we then study the evolution of the gauge coupling constants and point out that for consistency one has to include effects of gravity.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9406371,
title = {A Model for the Three Lepton Decay Mode of the Proton},
author = {Biswajoy Brahmachari and Patrick J. O'Donnell and Utpal Sarkar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9406371},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
We have added a section discussing the question of numerical values of the different scales in the evolution of the coupling constants. The figure is included at the end of the paper