Massive wavefunctions, proton decay and FCNCs in local F-theory GUTs

Details Massive wavefunctions, proton decay and FCNCs in local F-theory GUTs Massive wavefunctions, proton decay and FCNCs in local F-theory GUTs

2011-10-10

arxiv.org/abs/1110.2206v2

JHEP 1112 (2011) 112

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

54 pages, 10 figures; v2: references added, minor corrections

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We study the coupling of MSSM fields to heavy modes through cubic superpotential interactions in F-theory SU(5) GUTs. The couplings are calculated by integrating the overlap of two massless and one massive wavefunctions. The overlap integral receives contributions from only a small patch around a point of symmetry enhancement thereby allowing the wavefunctions to be determined locally on flat space, drastically simplifying the calculation. The cubic coupling between two MSSM fields and one of the massive coloured Higgs triplets present in SU(5) GUTs is calculated using a local eight-dimensional SO(12) gauge theory. We find that for the most natural regions of local parameter space the coupling to the triplet is comparable to or stronger than in minimal four-dimensional GUTs thereby, for those regions, reaffirming or strengthening constraints from dimension-five proton decay. We also identify possible regions in local parameter space where the couplings to the lightest generations are substantially suppressed compared to minimal four-dimensional GUTs. We further apply our results and techniques to study other phenomenologically important operators arising from coupling to heavy modes. In particular we calculate within a toy model flavour non-universal soft masses induced by integrating out heavy modes which lead to FCNCs.

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