Comments on intermediate-scale models

J. Ellis; K. Enqvist; D. V. Nanopoulos; K. Olive

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(87)91640-6

Comments on intermediate-scale models

J. Ellis, K. Enqvist, D. V. Nanopoulos, K. Olive

Physics and Astronomy (Twin Cities)

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Some superstring-inspired models employ intermediate scales m₁ of gauge symmetry breaking. Such scales should exceed 10¹⁶ GeV in order to avoid prima facie problems with baryon decay through heavy particles and non-perturbative behaviour of the gauge couplings above m_I. However, the intermediate-scale phase transition does not occur until the temperature of the Universe falls below O(m_w), after which an enormous excess of entropy is generated. Moreover, gauge symmetry breaking by renormalization group-improved radiative corrections is inapplicable because the symmetry-breaking field has no renormalizable interactions at scales below m_I. We also comment on the danger of baryon and lepton number violation in the effective low-energy theory.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	415-420
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	188
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(87)91640-6
State	Published - Apr 23 1987

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The work of K.E. and D.V.N. wass upporteidn part by DOE grant DE-AC02-76ER0081a ndin part by the Universityo f WisconsinR esearchC ommittee with funds granted by the Wisconsin Alumni ResearchF oundationT.h e work of K.A.O. was sup-portedin partb y DOE grantD E-AC02-83ER-40105.

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