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Grand unification and proton stability based on a chiral SU(8) theory [electronic resource].

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Eugene, Ore : University of Oregon, 1980.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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Pages: 51 : digital, PDF file
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University of Oregon and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
A grand-unified model of the strong, electromagnetic, and weak interactions is presented based on a local SU(8)/sub L/ X SU(8)/sub R/ gauge theory that possesses a global U(8)/sub L/ X U(8)/sub R/ invariance. The model is spontaneously broken by the recently introduced neutrino pairing mechanism, in which a Higgs field that transforms like a pair of right-handed neutrinos acquires a vacuum expectation value. This neutrino pairing breaks the model down to the standard Weinberg-Salam phenomenology. Further, the neutrino pairing causes the two initial global currents of the model, fermion number and axial fermion number, to mix with the non-Abelian local currents to leave unbroken two new global currents, namely, baryon number and a particular lepton number that counts charged leptons and left-handed neutrinos only. The exact conservations of these two resulting currents ensure the absolute stability of the proton, the masslessness of the observed left-handed neutrinos, and the standard lepton number conservation of the usual weak interactions. A further feature of the model is the simultaneous absence of both strong CP violations and of observable axions. The model has a testable prediction, namely, the existence of an absolutely stable, relatively light, massive neutral lepton generated entirely from the right-handed neutrino sector of the theory. 1 table.
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E 1.99:doe/er/70004-275
E 1.99: rlo-2230-t4-275
rlo-2230-t4-275
doe/er/70004-275
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Published through SciTech Connect.
06/01/1980.
"doe/er/70004-275"
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Deshpande, N.G.; Mannheim, P.D.
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AT06-76ER70004
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