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-. Grand Unification. of the. strong. weak. and. electromagnetic. interactions. Standard Model. SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1). how to go beyond?. Leptons as a fourth color?. ( Pati-Salam - 1974 ). lepton number as fourth color?. SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1).
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- Grand Unification of the strong weak and electromagnetic interactions
Standard Model SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) how to go beyond?
Leptons as a fourth color? ( Pati-Salam - 1974 ) lepton number as fourth color? SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) < SU (4) x SU (2, L) x SU (2, R)
( ( SU(4)
(Q,L): (4,2,1) - - c c (Q,L): (4,1,2)
( ( =(4,2,1) ... required: righthanded partner of SM neutrino new "righthanded" W-bosons
- SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) simple group
simplest examples: SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1) < SU(5) (Georgi, Glashow, 1974) SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1) < SO(10) (Fritzsch, Minkowski, 1975 )
SU(5) - theory: SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1) < SU(5) fermions of one family in two different representations:
| sum of electric charges = 0
Gauge bosons in SU(5) > SU(2) x U(1):adjoint representation ~ (24)5 x 5* = 24 + 124 = (8,1) + (1,3) + (1,1) + (3,2) + (3*,2) - - - - -
- 24 = 12 gauge bosons: 8 gluons, 2 W-bosons, one Z boson, one photon + 12 superheavy color triplet gauge bosons
Grand unification takes placeabove a very high unified mass scale M.Above this energy there is only one unified coupling constant g. The coupling constants for QCD and for the SU(2) x U(1) theory are the same, apart from Clebsch-Gordan coefficients.
The rather different values of the three coupling constants at low energies are due to renormalization effects.
- convergence of the coupling constants - grand unification -
No convergence of coupling constants LEP data in SU(5)
convergence in case ofsupersymmetry (energy scale of supersymmetry: ~ 1000 GeV
Grand unification SU(3)xSU(2)xU(1) ==>SO(10) ( Fritzsch - Minkowski; Georgi - 1975 )
SU(3) x SU(2) x U(1)< SU(4) x SU(2,L) x SU(2,R)~ SO(6) x SO(4)=> SO(10)
Representations of SO(10):16-dimensional spinor representation( => Pauli spinor ~ SO(3) )
16: SO(10)
) ) 16 =
SO(10) SO(6) x SO(4) _ SU(4) x SU(2,L) x SU(2,R) _ SU(3) x SU(2,L) x U(1) _
SO(10):due to the two intermediate energy scales there is no problem with the convergence of the coupling constants at the grand unified mass scale