RAISING THE UNIFICATION SCALE IN SUPERSYMMETRY

被引:49
作者
MARTIN, SP [1 ]
RAMOND, P [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV FLORIDA,INST FUNDAMENTAL THEORY,DEPT PHYS,GAINESVILLE,FL 32611
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 1995年 / 51卷 / 11期
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10.1103/PhysRevD.51.6515
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
In the minimal supersymmetric standard model, the three gauge couplings appear to unify at a mass scale near 2×1016 GeV. We investigate the possibility that intermediate scale particle thresholds modify the running couplings so as to increase the unification scale. By requiring consistency of this scenario, we derive some constraints on the particle content and locations of the intermediate thresholds. There are remarkably few acceptable solutions with a single cleanly defined intermediate scale far below the unification scale. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:6515 / 6523
页数:9
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