Family Symmetry, Gravity, and the Strong CP Problem

dc.creatorBabu, K. S.
dc.creatorBarr, S. M.
dc.date1992-12-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:58:02Z
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dc.descriptionWe show how in a class of models Peccei--Quinn symmetry can be realized as an automatic consequence of a gauged $U(1)$ family symmetry. These models provide a solution to the strong CP problem either via a massless $u$--quark or via the DFSZ invisible axion. The local family symmetry protects against potentially large corrections to $\overlineθ $ induced by quantum gravitational effects. In a supersymmetric extension, the `$μ$--problem' is shown to have a natural solution in the context of gravitationally induced operators. We also present a plausible mechanism which can explain the inter--generational mass hierarchy in such a context.
dc.descriptionBA-92-79, 14 pages, in LaTeX, no figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9212219
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9212219
dc.identifierPhys.Lett.B300:367-372,1993
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/0370-2693(93)91347-P
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/186961
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titleFamily Symmetry, Gravity, and the Strong CP Problem
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