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Cosmological Restrictions on Conformally Invariant SU(5) GUT Models

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-04-06 v1

Abstract

Dirac's theory of constrained Hamiltonian systems is applied to the minimal conformally invariant SU(5) grand-unified model studied at 1-loop level in a de Sitter universe. For this model, which represents a simple and interesting example of GUT theory and at the same time is a step towards theories with larger gauge group like SO(10), second-class constraints in the Euclidean-time regime exist. In particular, they enable one to prove that, to be consistent with the experimentally established electroweak standard model and with inflationary cosmology, the residual gauge-symmetry group of the early universe, during the whole de Sitter era, is bound to be SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1). Moreover, the numerical solution of the field equations subject to second-class constraints is obtained. This confirms the existence of a sufficiently long de Sitter phase of the early universe, in agreement with the initial assumptions.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9506093,
  title  = {Cosmological Restrictions on Conformally Invariant SU(5) GUT Models},
  author = {Giampiero Esposito and Gennaro Miele and Luigi Rosa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9506093},
  year   = {2010}
}

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23 pages, plain-tex, published in Classical and Quantum Gravity, volume 10, pages 1285-1297, year 1993