Scalar leptoquarks, baryon number violation, and Pati-Salam symmetry
Clara Murgui, Mark B. Wise
Abstract
One or more scalar leptoquarks with masses around a few TeV may provide a solution to some of the flavor anomalies that have been observed. We discuss the impact of such new degrees on baryon number violation when the theory is embedded in a Pati-Salam model. The Pati-Salam embedding can suppress renormalizable and dimension-five baryon number violation in some cases. Our work extends the results of Assad, Grinstein, and Fornal who considered the same issue for vector leptoquarks.
Topics & Concepts
PhysicsParticle physicsScalar (mathematics)Baryon numberBaryonEmbeddingLeptoquarkSymmetry (geometry)Theoretical physicsMathematicsLeptonQuantum mechanicsGeometryComputer scienceArtificial intelligenceElectronParticle physics theoretical and experimental studiesBlack Holes and Theoretical PhysicsCosmology and Gravitation Theories