Possible dynamical origin of fermion mass differences within SO(10) unifying symmetry
- 1 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 22 (9) , 2255-2260
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.22.2255
Abstract
I explore the possibility that all fermions of a given generation have equal masses at momenta where unifying SO(10) symmetry is manifest. Subsequent breakdown through intermediate SU(5) and SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1) levels of symmetry is shown to provide a mechanism by which and running masses grow heavier than and running masses, respectively. The hierarchy also preserves mass relations between , , , and obtained from the SU(5) model. Compatibility with present estimates of and is shown to constrain neutrino masses to be 100-500 times lighter than those of corresponding charged leptons.
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