CONSERVATION OR VIOLATION OF B-L IN PROTON DECAY

被引:79
作者
WILCZEK, F [1 ]
ZEE, A [1 ]
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[1] UNIV PENN,DEPT PHYS,PHILADELPHIA,PA 19104
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10.1016/0370-2693(79)90475-1
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
The question of whether or not proton decay conserves baryon minus lepton number is studied. We argue that observation of B - L violation would indicate the existence of physical structure in the mass scale between MW ≃ 102 GeV and MX ≃ 1016 GeV, contrary to the usual supposition about grand unification. © 1979.
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