Three generations on a local vortex in extra dimensions
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We develop an approach to the origin of three generations of the Standard Model fermions from one generation in a higher-dimensional theory, where four-dimensional fermions appear as zero modes trapped in the core of a topological defect, and the hierarchy of masses and mixings is produced by wave function overlaps in extra dimensions. We present a model with unbroken U(1) symmetry where three zero modes appear on an Abrikosov-Nielsen-Olesen vortex due to nontrivial scalar--fermion interactions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0012306,
title = {Three generations on a local vortex in extra dimensions},
author = {J. -M. Frere and M. V. Libanov and S. V. Troitsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0012306},
year = {2008}
}
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8 pages, no figures