Charge quantization and the standard model from the CP^2 and CP^3 nonlinear -models

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2014.02.034MaRDI QIDQ2011456zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Simeon Hellerman, John Kehayias, Tsutomu T. Yanagida

Publication date 8 August 2017

Published in Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.6889

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70) Unified quantum theories (81V22)

Abstract: We investigate charge quantization in the Standard Model (SM) through a $mathbb{CP}^2$ nonlinear sigma model (NLSM), $SU(3{)}_G/(SU(2{)}_{H}imesU(1{)}_H)$, and a $mathbb{CP}^3$ model, $SU(4{)}_G/(SU(3{)}_{H}imesU(1{)}_H)$. We also generalize to any $mathbb{CP}^k$ model. Charge quantization follows from the consistency and dynamics of the NLSM, without a monopole or Grand Unified Theory, as shown in our earlier work on the $mathbb{CP}^1$ model (arXiv:1309.0692). We find that representations of the matter fields under the unbroken non-abelian subgroup dictate their charge quantization under the $U(1{)}_H$ factor. In the $mathbb{CP}^2$ model the unbroken group is identified with the weak and hypercharge groups of the SM, and the Nambu-Goldstone boson (NGB) has the quantum numbers of a SM Higgs. There is the intriguing possibility of a connection with the vanishing of the Higgs self-coupling at the Planck scale. Interestingly, with some minor assumptions (no vector-like matter and minimal representations) and starting with a single quark doublet, anomaly cancellation requires the matter structure of a generation in the SM. Similar analysis holds in the $mathbb{CP}^3$ model, with the unbroken group identified with QCD and hypercharge, and the NGB having the up quark as a partner in a supersymmetric model. This can motivate solving the strong CP problem with a vanishing up quark mass.

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