Discrete Symmetries from Broken $SU(N)$ and the MSSM
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-22 v1
Abstract
In order that discrete symmetries should not be violated by gravitational effects, it is necessary to gauge them. In this paper we discuss the gauging of from the breaking of a high energy gauge symmetry, and derive consistency conditions for the resulting discrete symmetry fr om the requirement of anomaly cancellation in the parent symmetry. These results are then applied to a detailed analysis of the possible discrete symmetries forbidding proton decay in the minimal supersymmetric standard model.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9207231,
title = {Discrete Symmetries from Broken $SU(N)$ and the MSSM},
author = {P. L. White},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9207231},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, plain TEX, computer problems fixed since first version