Should E8 SUSY Yang–Mills be reconsidered as a family unification model?

2002/01/31 by Stephen L. Adler
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/s0370-2693(02)01596-4

published as Phys.Lett. B533 (2002) 121-125 · TeX 16p

arxiv created 2002/02/01 · openalex publication_date 2002/05/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

We review earlier proposals for E8 family unification, and discuss why recent work of Kovner and Shifman on condensates in supersymmetric Yang–Mills theories suggests the reconsideration of E8 supersymmetric Yang–Mills as a family unification theory.

Citations

• A closer look at the elementary fermions
• Dynamical supersymmetry breaking
• Dynamical symmetry breaking with mirror fermions