A cosmological solution to the doublet-triplet splitting problem

Csaba Csáki, Raffaele Tito D’Agnolo, Eric Kuflik, Pablo Sesma*

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Abstract

We propose a model that provides a simultaneous solution to the doublet-triplet splitting problem of grand unified theories, the electroweak hierarchy problem and the strong CP problem. The mechanism is based on the dynamics of two axion-like particles that would crunch the universe at the time of the QCD phase transition if triplets were light or had a VEV or if doublets were heavy or did not have a VEV. The only trace left at low energies are these two axion-like particles. They are weakly coupled to the Standard Model and could be detected at upcoming axion experiments or by a combination of neutron EDM measurements and the astrophysical detection of fuzzy dark matter.

Original languageEnglish
Article number48
JournalJournal of High Energy Physics
Volume2025
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2025

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Keywords

  • Axions and ALPs
  • Cosmology of Theories BSM
  • Grand Unification
  • Hierarchy Problem

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