English

An extended standard model and its Higgs geometry from the matrix model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-09-05 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We find a simple brane configuration in the IKKT matrix model which resembles the standard model at low energies, with a second Higgs doublet and right-handed neutrinos. The electroweak sector is realized geometrically in terms of two minimal fuzzy ellipsoids, which can be interpreted in terms of four point-branes in the extra dimensions. The electroweak Higgs connects these branes and is an indispensable part of the geometry. Fermionic would-be zero modes arise at the intersections with two larger branes, leading precisely to the correct chiral matter fields at low energy, along with right-handed neutrinos which can acquire a Majorana mass due to a Higgs singlet. The larger branes give rise to SU(3)cSU(3)_c, extended by U(1)BU(1)_B and another U(1)U(1) which are anomalous at low energies and expected to disappear. At higher energies, mirror fermions and additional fields arise, completing the full N=4{\cal N}=4 supersymmetry. The brane configuration is a solution of the model, assuming a suitable effective potential and a non-linear stabilization of the singlet Higgs. The basic results can be carried over to N=4{\cal N}=4 SU(N)SU(N) super-Yang-Mills on ordinary Minkowski space with sufficiently large NN.

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@article{arxiv.1401.2020,
  title  = {An extended standard model and its Higgs geometry from the matrix model},
  author = {Harold C. Steinacker and Jochen Zahn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1401.2020},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

41 pages, 8 figures V2: rotating background replaced by static one, stabilized by a potential. References added. V3: minor corrections and improved discussion, published version

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