5. Theoretical Physics (CSN4)

Constructing realistic GUTs of flavour

by Fredrik Bjorkeroth (Southampton Univ.)

Europe/Rome
Aula Direzione (LNF)

Aula Direzione

LNF

Via Enrico Fermi, 40 00044 Frascati (Roma)
Description
Recently, two SUSY GUTs of flavour have been proposed, based on SU(5) and SO(10) with non-Abelian flavour symmetry. They are reasonably complete, resolving many outstanding problems in GUT model building; as a result, they are rather involved. I am currently working on constructing the minimal and most predictive viable SO(10) model within this framework, with a focus on producing the correct masses and mixings for quarks and leptons. This may be combined with a Peccei-Quinn (PQ) symmetry to resolve the strong CP problem, giving a "flavoured PQ" GUT model. Within this framework, one might explore SUSY and/or axion phenomenology.