Split Multiplets, Coupling Unification and an Extra Dimension

2000/12/28 by Yoshiharu Kawamura · 17 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Compactification (mathematics) #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Coupling (piping) #Dimension (graph theory) #Grand Unified Theory #Mathematics #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #Orbifold #Particle physics #Physics #Pure mathematics #Supersymmetry #Theoretical physics #Unification #hep-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1143/ptp.105.691

published as Prog.Theor.Phys.105:691-696,2001 · 10 pages, latex, no figures

arxiv created 2000/12/28 · openalex publication_date 2001/04/01 · arxiv updated 2014/11/17 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We study a gauge coupling unification scenario based on a non-supersymmetric 5-dimensional model. Through an orbifold compactification, we obtain the Standard Model with split multiplets on a 4-dimensional wall, which is compatible with a grand unification.

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