Minimal embedding of the Standard Model into intersecting D-brane configurations with a bulk leptonic U(1)

Abstract It has been recently shown that the discrepancy between the theoretical and experimental values of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon can be fully accommodated by considering the contribution of few Kaluza–Klein (KK) states of the gauged lepton number with masses lighter than the LEP...

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Main Authors: I. Antoniadis, F. Rondeau
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Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-08-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10660-y
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F. Rondeau
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description Abstract It has been recently shown that the discrepancy between the theoretical and experimental values of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon can be fully accommodated by considering the contribution of few Kaluza–Klein (KK) states of the gauged lepton number with masses lighter than the LEP energy, consistently with present experimental limits. In this article, we construct the minimal embedding of the Standard Model (SM) into D-brane configurations with a gauged lepton number. In order to give rise to such KK modes, the lepton number gauge boson must live on an abelian $$U(1)_L$$ U ( 1 ) L brane extended along at least one “large” extra dimension in the bulk, with a compactification scale $$M_L\sim {\mathcal {O}}(10{-}10^2~\mathrm{GeV})$$ M L ∼ O ( 10 - 10 2 GeV ) for a string scale $$M_s\gtrsim 10~\mathrm{TeV}$$ M s ≳ 10 TeV . As a consequence, $$U(1)_L$$ U ( 1 ) L cannot participate to the hypercharge linear combination. We show that the minimal realisation of this framework contains five stacks of branes: the SM color $$U(3)_c$$ U ( 3 ) c , weak $$U(2)_w$$ U ( 2 ) w and abelian U(1) stacks extended effectively only in four dimensions, the bulk $$U(1)_L$$ U ( 1 ) L , as well as a fifth $$U(1)^{'}$$ U ( 1 ) ′ brane. With these five abelian factors, one finds besides the hypercharge a second anomaly-free linear combination which does not couple to the SM spectrum, both in the non-supersymmetric case as well as in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the model. It is also shown how the right-handed neutrino can be implemented in the spectrum, and how fermions arising from the two non-SM branes and coupled to the SM through the $$U(1)_L$$ U ( 1 ) L KK modes can provide Dark Matter candidates. Finally, the possibility of breaking Lepton Flavour Universality is studied by replacing $$U(1)_L$$ U ( 1 ) L with a brane gauging only the muonic lepton number, avoiding most experimental constraints and enlarging the parameter space for explaining the discrepancy on the muon magnetic moment.
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spelling doaj.art-edf84528d23442ae9f2e5781a2cd29dc2022-12-22T03:59:06ZengSpringerOpenEuropean Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields1434-60522022-08-0182811310.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10660-yMinimal embedding of the Standard Model into intersecting D-brane configurations with a bulk leptonic U(1)I. Antoniadis0F. Rondeau1Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies-LPTHE Sorbonne UniversitéLaboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies-LPTHE Sorbonne UniversitéAbstract It has been recently shown that the discrepancy between the theoretical and experimental values of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon can be fully accommodated by considering the contribution of few Kaluza–Klein (KK) states of the gauged lepton number with masses lighter than the LEP energy, consistently with present experimental limits. In this article, we construct the minimal embedding of the Standard Model (SM) into D-brane configurations with a gauged lepton number. In order to give rise to such KK modes, the lepton number gauge boson must live on an abelian $$U(1)_L$$ U ( 1 ) L brane extended along at least one “large” extra dimension in the bulk, with a compactification scale $$M_L\sim {\mathcal {O}}(10{-}10^2~\mathrm{GeV})$$ M L ∼ O ( 10 - 10 2 GeV ) for a string scale $$M_s\gtrsim 10~\mathrm{TeV}$$ M s ≳ 10 TeV . As a consequence, $$U(1)_L$$ U ( 1 ) L cannot participate to the hypercharge linear combination. We show that the minimal realisation of this framework contains five stacks of branes: the SM color $$U(3)_c$$ U ( 3 ) c , weak $$U(2)_w$$ U ( 2 ) w and abelian U(1) stacks extended effectively only in four dimensions, the bulk $$U(1)_L$$ U ( 1 ) L , as well as a fifth $$U(1)^{'}$$ U ( 1 ) ′ brane. With these five abelian factors, one finds besides the hypercharge a second anomaly-free linear combination which does not couple to the SM spectrum, both in the non-supersymmetric case as well as in the minimal supersymmetric extension of the model. It is also shown how the right-handed neutrino can be implemented in the spectrum, and how fermions arising from the two non-SM branes and coupled to the SM through the $$U(1)_L$$ U ( 1 ) L KK modes can provide Dark Matter candidates. Finally, the possibility of breaking Lepton Flavour Universality is studied by replacing $$U(1)_L$$ U ( 1 ) L with a brane gauging only the muonic lepton number, avoiding most experimental constraints and enlarging the parameter space for explaining the discrepancy on the muon magnetic moment.https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10660-y
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Minimal embedding of the Standard Model into intersecting D-brane configurations with a bulk leptonic U(1)
European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
title Minimal embedding of the Standard Model into intersecting D-brane configurations with a bulk leptonic U(1)
title_full Minimal embedding of the Standard Model into intersecting D-brane configurations with a bulk leptonic U(1)
title_fullStr Minimal embedding of the Standard Model into intersecting D-brane configurations with a bulk leptonic U(1)
title_full_unstemmed Minimal embedding of the Standard Model into intersecting D-brane configurations with a bulk leptonic U(1)
title_short Minimal embedding of the Standard Model into intersecting D-brane configurations with a bulk leptonic U(1)
title_sort minimal embedding of the standard model into intersecting d brane configurations with a bulk leptonic u 1
url https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-022-10660-y
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