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Randall-Sundrum and Flipped SU(5)

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In this letter, we construct a model based on a flipped SU(5) partial grand unified theory, within the framework of the Randall-Sundrum (RS1) proposal. Breaking of SU~(5)\widetilde{SU}(5) is achieved using a bulk scalar field in the \textbf{10} of SU(5), Φ\Phi, which gains a vacuum expectation value <Φ>3×1015\left< \Phi\right> \sim 3 \times 10^{15} GeV. We are able to retain the successes of the flipped SU(5) phenomenology, namely the elimination of the doublet-triplet splitting problem and the confinement of all fields to the smallest (\textbf{1}, 5ˉ\mathbf{\bar{5}}, and \textbf{10}) representations of SU(5). We derive the beta functions, and point out some constraints on bulk matter content implied by the runnings (and positivity) of the five dimensional coupling. Finally, we comment on baryon decay and show the fine-tuning problem required to prevent an exponentially short proton lifetime.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0609129,
  title  = {Randall-Sundrum and Flipped SU(5)},
  author = {Ben Dundee and Gerald B. Cleaver},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0609129},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

21 pages and 3 (eps) figs. Typos corrected, refs added

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