Gauge-flavon unification
Journal of High Energy Physics(2020)
Abstract
bstract In this paper we propose the idea that flavons can emerge from extra dimensional gauge fields, referred to as gauge-flavon unification (GFU) analogous to gauge-Higgs unification (GHU). We assume that there is a gauged family symmetry in extra dimensions and that the flavons are the extra dimensional components of the gauge field. This provides a simple mechanism to align the VEVs of the flavons through a combination of Wilson lines and orbifold symmetry breaking. We present some simple 5d examples of GFU based on SO(3) and SU(4) gauged family symmetry, the latter case yielding SU(3) × U(1) gauged family symmetry in 4d, broken by triplet and antitriplet flavons, with effective couplings to fermions. We also present a general formalism for Wilson lines and orbifolds, in any number of dimensions, including non-commutative aspects Wilson lines, which may be useful for aligning additional flavons as required for realistic models.
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Key words
Field Theories in Higher Dimensions, Quark Masses and SM Parameters, Beyond Standard Model, Gauge Symmetry
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