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Quark-Lepton Symmetry

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Quark-lepton symmetric models are a class of gauge theories motivated by the similarities between the quarks and leptons. In these models the gauge group of the standard model is extended to include a ``color'' group for the leptons. Consequently, the quarks and leptons can then be related by a Z2Z_2 discrete quark-lepton symmetry which is spontaneously broken by the vacuum. Models utilizing quark-lepton symmetry with acceptable and interesting collider phenomenology have been constructed. The cosmological consequences of these models are also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9211287,
  title  = {Quark-Lepton Symmetry},
  author = {R. Foot and H. Lew and R. R. Volkas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9211287},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, PURD-TH-92-14 (LaTeX)

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