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A 3-3-1 model with SU(8) unification

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2011-05-25 v1

Abstract

We construct a 3-3-1 model for three families that can be embedded into a single SU(8) unified model. Assuming appropriate branching rules and symmetry-breaking pattern, we find a complete fermion content within irreducible representations of SU(8), where light standard model fermions, heavy 3-3-1 fermions and super-heavy fermions may be distinguished. In the framework of the doubly lopsided mechanism, we obtain mass matrix structures which exhibit nontrivial flavor hierarchical features. Among the up-type quarks, one (top quark) has tree-level mass and two (charm and up) get masses at one-loop level. Considering only dominant contributions, we may obtain the ratios mc/mt7.4×103|m_c/m_t| \approx 7.4 \times 10^{-3} and mu/mc1.9×103|m_u/m_c| \approx 1.9 \times 10^{-3} with few assumptions on the free parameters and without any hierarchical requirements on the Yukawa couplings.

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@article{arxiv.1105.4623,
  title  = {A 3-3-1 model with SU(8) unification},
  author = {R. Martinez and F. Ochoa and P. Fonseca},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.4623},
  year   = {2011}
}
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