Grand unification through gravitational effects Export

@article{citeulike:6067356, abstract = {We systematically study the unification of gauge couplings in the presence of (one or more) effective dimension-5 operators cHGG/4MPl, induced into the grand unified theory by gravitational interactions at the Planck scale MPl. These operators alter the usual condition for gauge coupling unification, which can, depending on the Higgs content H and vacuum expectation value, result in unification at scales MX significantly different than naively expected. We find non-supersymmetric models of SU(5) and SO(10) unification, with natural Wilson coefficients c, that easily satisfy the constraints from proton decay. Furthermore, gauge coupling unification at scales as high as the Planck scale seems feasible, possibly hinting at simultaneous unification of gauge and gravitational interactions. In an appendix we work out the group theoretical aspects of this scenario for SU(5) and SO(10) unified groups in detail; this material is also relevant in the analysis of non-universal gaugino masses obtained from supergravity.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Calmet, Xavier and Hsu, Stephen D. H. and Reeb, David}, citeulike-article-id = {6067356}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.0415}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0911.0415}, day = {3}, eprint = {0911.0415}, month = {Nov}, posted-at = {2009-11-04 11:14:22}, priority = {2}, title = {Grand unification through gravitational effects}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.0415}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6067356 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6067356 N2 - We systematically study the unification of gauge couplings in the presence of (one or more) effective dimension-5 operators cHGG/4MPl, induced into the grand unified theory by gravitational interactions at the Planck scale MPl. These operators alter the usual condition for gauge coupling unification, which can, depending on the Higgs content H and vacuum expectation value, result in unification at scales MX significantly different than naively expected. We find non-supersymmetric models of SU(5) and SO(10) unification, with natural Wilson coefficients c, that easily satisfy the constraints from proton decay. Furthermore, gauge coupling unification at scales as high as the Planck scale seems feasible, possibly hinting at simultaneous unification of gauge and gravitational interactions. In an appendix we work out the group theoretical aspects of this scenario for SU(5) and SO(10) unified groups in detail; this material is also relevant in the analysis of non-universal gaugino masses obtained from supergravity. TI - Grand unification through gravitational effects AU - Calmet, Xavier AU - Hsu, Stephen AU - Reeb, David PY - 2009/Nov/03/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.0415 ER -