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$(S_3)^3$ flavor symmetry and $p\to K^0 e^+$

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We show how to incorporate the lepton sector in a supersymmetric theory of flavor based on the discrete flavor group (S3)3(S_3)^3. Assuming that all possible nonrenormalizable operators are generated at the Planck scale, we show that the transformation properties of the leptons and of the flavor-symmetry breaking fields are uniquely determined. We then demonstrate that the model has a viable phenomenology and makes one very striking prediction: the nucleon decays predominantly to KlK l where ll is a {\em first} generation lepton. We show that the modes nK0νˉen \rightarrow K^0 \bar{\nu}_e, pK+νˉep\rightarrow K^+ \bar{\nu}_e, and pK0e+p\rightarrow K^0 e^+ occur at comparable rates, and could well be discovered simultaneously at the SuperKamiokande experiment.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9512399,
  title  = {$(S_3)^3$ flavor symmetry and $p\to K^0 e^+$},
  author = {Christopher D. Carone and Lawrence J. Hall and Hitoshi Murayama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9512399},
  year   = {2008}
}

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