Charge quantization and the Standard Model from the CP2 and CP3 nonlinear σ-models
Charge quantization and the Standard Model from the CP2 and CP3 nonlinear σ-models
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电荷量子化以及 CP2 和 CP3 非线性 σ 模型的标准模型
DOI:
10.1016/j.physletb.2014.02.034
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Tsutomu Yanagida
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作者:
Simeon Hellerman;John Kehayias;Tsutomu Yanagida
We investigate charge quantization in the Standard Model (SM) through a CP 2 nonlinear sigma model (NLSM), SU (3) G/(SU (2) H× U (1) H), and a CP 3 model, SU (4) G/(SU (3) H× U (1) H). We also generalize to any 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 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 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 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.