Optimizing Yukawa couplings to suppress Dimension-five Proton Decay in $SU(5)$ GUT
Abstract
The minimal supersymmetric grand unified theory (GUT) provides a highly compelling framework for physics beyond the Standard Model (SM). However, it suffers from a severe phenomenological challenge: rapid proton decay mediated by colored-Higgsino exchange via dimension-five operators. Resolving this issue often requires adjustments to the Yukawa couplings and the potential sectors, generating a vast and complex parameter space where traditional brute-force numerical scans are rendered computationally intractable due to the curse of dimensionality. In this paper, we overcome this limitation by applying machine learning optimization techniques. We investigate a supersymmetric model extended with and Higgs representations, defining a loss function based on the partial decay width of . Utilizing the Adam optimizer, we systematically explore the 33-dimensional parameter space to identify regions that suppress proton decay. Furthermore, we vary to thoroughly investigate whether the optimized proton lifetime can consistently exceed the stringent experimental lower bound of years established by the Super-Kamiokande collaboration.
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@article{arxiv.2605.09000,
title = {Optimizing Yukawa couplings to suppress Dimension-five Proton Decay in $SU(5)$ GUT},
author = {Naoyuki Haba and Junpei Ikemoto and Yasuhiro Shimizu and Toshifumi Yamada},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.09000},
year = {2026}
}
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19 pages, 3 figures