PT Journal
AU Fileviez Perez, P
   Gross, A
   Murgui, C
TI Seesaw scale, unification, and proton decay
SO Physical Review D
JI Phys. Rev. D
PY 2018
BP 035032
EP 10pp
VL 98
IS 3
DI 10.1103/PhysRevD.98.035032
LA English
AB We investigate a simple realistic grand unified theory based on the SU(5) gauge symmetry, which predicts an upper bound on the proton decay lifetime for the channels p -> K+(nu) over bar and p -> pi(+)(nu) over bar, i.e., tau (p -> K+(nu) over bar) less than or similar to 3.4 x 10(35) and tau(p -> pi(+)(nu) over bar) less than or similar to 1.7 x 10(34) years, respectively. In this context, the neutrino masses are generated through the type I and type III seesaw mechanisms, and one predicts that the field responsible for type III seesaw must be light with a mass below 500 TeV. We discuss the testability of this theory at current and future proton decay experiments.
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