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Optimizing Yukawa couplings to suppress Dimension-five Proton Decay in $SU(5)$ GUT

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2026-05-26 v2

Abstract

The minimal supersymmetric SU(5)SU(5) 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 SU(5)SU(5) model extended with 45\mathbf{45} and 45\overline{\mathbf{45}} Higgs representations, defining a loss function based on the partial decay width of pK+νˉp \to K^+ \bar{\nu}. Utilizing the Adam optimizer, we systematically explore the 33-dimensional parameter space to identify regions that suppress proton decay. Furthermore, we vary tanβ\tan \beta to thoroughly investigate whether the optimized proton lifetime can consistently exceed the stringent experimental lower bound of 5.9×10335.9 \times 10^{33} 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