Spontaneous Breaking of Gauge Groups to Discrete Symmetries
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2017-09-13 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
Many models of beyond Standard Model physics connect flavor symmetry with a discrete group. Having this symmetry arise spontaneously from a gauge theory maintains compatibility with quantum gravity and can be used to systematically prevent anomalies. We minimize a number of Higgs potentials that break gauge groups to discrete symmetries of interest, and examine their scalar mass spectra.
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@article{arxiv.1702.08073,
title = {Spontaneous Breaking of Gauge Groups to Discrete Symmetries},
author = {Bradley L. Rachlin and Thomas W. Kephart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.08073},
year = {2017}
}
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45 pages