Left-Right Symmetric Model
± Putting lower bounds on the mass of the heavy, charged WR gauge boson
Melissa Harris 940609-1885 melissa.harris@physics.uu.se
A thesis presented for the degree of MSc: Master in Physics Supervised by Rikard Enberg, Andreas Ekstedt and Johan L¨ofgren
Theoretical High Energy Physics Uppsala University Sweden Abstract
In this project I have studied the left-right symmetric model (LRSM) as a candidate beyond standard model theory of particle physics. The most common version of the theory, called the minimal LRSM, has been studied and tested extensively for several decades. I have therefore modified this minimal LRSM by adapting the scalar sector and computing the mass of the ± charged right-handed gauge bosons WR for this particular scalar sector. I carried out a study of the theory and implemented it into FeynRules, in order to simulate LHC events using ± MadGraph. This allowed computation of the cross-section for the decay WR → tb as a function of the mass of W ±, which was compared with CMS data for the same decay, with R √ proton-proton collisions at a centre of mass energy of s = 13 TeV. The final result was a ± constraint on the mass of WR , with a lower bound of MWR ≥ 3 TeV.
1 Popul¨arvetenskaplig Sammanfattning
Inom partikelfysik kallas den mest v¨alk¨andaoch accepterade teorin f¨orpartikelfysikens stan- dardmodell (SM). Aven¨ om teorin har testats noggrant och i de flesta fall st¨ammer¨overens med experimentella resultat finns det vissa fenomen som den inte kan f¨orklara. P˚agrund av SMs tillkortakommanden finns en gren av fysiken som kallas bortom standardmodellen (BSM). D¨ar utvecklas teorier f¨oratt f¨orb¨attraSM och f¨orklarade fenomen som SM inte kan. Dessa teorier kallas s˚af¨or att de, snarare ¨anatt b¨orjafr˚anb¨orjanoch utveckla en helt ny modell, bygger vidare p˚aSMs framg˚angargenom att l¨aggatill nya delar.
I det h¨arprojektet har jag studerat den v¨anster-h¨ogersymmetriska modellen (LRSM) som kandidatteori f¨orpartikelfysik BSM. Den vanligaste varianten av teorin, kallad minimal LRSM, har testats noggrant under flera decennier. D¨arf¨orhar jag modifierat denna minimala LRSM genom att anpassa den skal¨arasektorn och ber¨aknamassan hos de laddade h¨ogerh¨anta gauge- bosonerna WR i denna specifika skal¨arasektor. Jag genomf¨ordeen studie av teorin och imple- menterade den i FeynRules f¨oratt simulera LHC-h¨andelsermed hj¨alpav MadGraph. Detta gjorde det m¨ojligt att ber¨aknatv¨arsnittet f¨ors¨onderfallet WR → tb som funktion av massan hos WR, vilket j¨amf¨ordesmed data f¨ordetta s¨onderfallfr˚anCMS-detektorn i proton-proton- kollisioner vid masscentrumenergi sqrts = 13 TeV. Slutresulatet ¨aren l¨agregr¨ansf¨ormassan hos WR, MWR = 3 TeV.
2 Contents
1 Introduction 5 1.1 Success and Limitations of the Standard Model ...... 5 1.2 Looking Beyond the Standard Model ...... 5 1.3 Why Study the Left-Right Symmetric Model? ...... 6 1.4 Outline of the Project ...... 7
2 Overview of the Standard Model 8 2.1 Group Structure ...... 8 2.1.1 SU(3) ...... 8 2.1.2 SU(2) ...... 8 2.1.3 U(1) ...... 9 2.2 Chirality ...... 9 2.3 Matter Particle Content ...... 9 2.4 Gauge Transformations ...... 10 2.5 The Higgs Mechanism ...... 11
3 Left-Right Symmetric Model 14 3.1 Gauge Group and Multiplet Structure ...... 14 3.2 Scalar Sector ...... 16 3.3 The Left-Right Symmetric Lagrangian ...... 16 3.3.1 Gauge Field Lagrangian ...... 16 3.3.2 Fermionic Gauge Lagrangian ...... 17 3.3.3 Scalar Lagrangian ...... 17 3.3.4 Yukawa Lagrangian ...... 17 3.3.5 Higgs Potential Lagrangian ...... 18 3.4 Left-Right Symmetry as Parity ...... 19 3.5 Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking ...... 20 3.5.1 Symmetry Breaking: Step 1 ...... 21 3.5.2 Symmetry Breaking: Step 2 ...... 22 3.5.3 Symmetry Breaking: Step 3 ...... 23 3.6 Physical Consequences of Symmetry Breaking ...... 25 3.6.1 Neutral Gauge Boson Masses ...... 25 3.6.2 Charged Gauge Boson Masses ...... 29
4 Running Simulations of the LRSM 31 4.1 FeynRules ...... 31 4.1.1 Gauge Groups ...... 31 4.1.2 Indices ...... 32 4.1.3 Fields ...... 32 4.1.4 Parameters ...... 33
3 4.1.5 Lagrangian ...... 33 4.2 MadGraph ...... 34
5 Comparison of Simulations with CMS Data 35 5.1 Production and Decay of W boson ...... 35 5.2 Cross-section and the Narrow Width Approximation ...... 36 5.3 CMS Search for W Boson ...... 36 5.4 Putting Mass Limits on W Boson ...... 36
6 Conclusion 38 6.1 Future possibilities in this project ...... 38 6.2 Future work beyond this thesis ...... 38
7 References 40
4 1 Introduction
1.1 Success and Limitations of the Standard Model
In the study of particle physics, the most well known and accepted theory to date is the stan- dard model (SM) of particle physics. The SM is a combination of the Glashow-Weinberg-Salam theory of electroweak interactions and the theory of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). The theory associates each known particle with a quantum field and predicts which interactions oc- cur and the probabilities of such interactions. All of the particles occurring in the SM have been experimentally observed, with the final observation being the Higgs boson in 2012 by ATLAS and CMS [1], [2]. The SM has predictive power and is in strong agreement with experimental data.
Despite the success of the SM, the theory has its shortcomings. There are a number of phenom- ena which can’t be explained by the SM [3]. According to the SM, the neutrinos are massless, however experiments have shown that the neutrinos do have masses and mixing occurs between them. Additionally, there is no particle in the SM which can explain the existence of cold dark matter. The asymmetry of matter over anti-matter is yet another feature of the observable universe which can’t be explained by the SM.
There is another reason why physicists are not satisfied with the SM. There are 19 free pa- rameters which describe the theory and determine, for example, the particle masses. These parameters can only be determined by experiment and there is no explanation as to why they have the values they do. There exists a hierarchy in the masses of the three generations of particles which is not explained. It is therefore natural to question the completeness of the SM and look for explanations of how these parameters arise.
1.2 Looking Beyond the Standard Model
Due to the shortcomings of the SM, there is a branch of physics called beyond the standard model (BSM), where theories are developed to improve the SM and explain the phenomena which the SM can’t. These theories are so called, because rather than starting from the very beginning and developing an entirely new model, they build on the success of the SM by adding extensions to the theory. One benefit to this approach is that the SM describes processes which occur at energies which are reachable by current accelerators. Therefore, it is entirely possible that BSM theories can also be probed in particle accelerators. The field of high energy physics is therefore important for both theorists and experimentalists. From the theoretical point of view, a theory can be studied in detail and computer programs can be used to predict observa- tions at accelerators. These predictions can then be compared to data which is collected and processed by the experimentalists.
5 A natural way to extend the SM is to analyse the group structure. The SM is based on the gauge group:
GSM = SU(3)C × SU(2)L × U(1)Y
It is a direct product of the electroweak group SU(2)L × U(1)Y with the QCD group SU(3)C . The electroweak group is broken down via a process called spontaneous symmetry breaking to give the group describing the electromagnetic interactions observed in nature:
SU(2)L × U(1)Y → U(1)EM
This process is caused by having a scalar field with a non-zero vacuum expectation value in- cluded in the theory. It is also the process responsible for the matter particles and gauge bosons acquiring their masses. The energy scale of this electroweak symmetry breaking is de-
fined roughly by the vacuum expectation value of the Higgs field, νH ' 246 GeV [4].
It is predicted that the SM is an effective theory of a more complete theory which has the Planck scale of ∼ 1019GeV as its energy scale. This is known as a Grand Unified Theory (GUT). There then exists a gauge group to describe the GUT at this higher energy, which contains the SM at lower energies:
GGUT ⊃ SU(3)C × SU(2)L × U(1)Y
A number of symmetry breaking steps are then responsible for breaking down the GUT gauge group to the SM gauge group. It is not yet known which group corresponds to GGUT , and searches for a suitable candidate are ongoing [5]. There are two main approaches in this search.
The first is a so-called ”top-down” approach, where the GGUT is hypothesised, then broken down in a number of steps to GSM . The alternative method is a ”bottom-up” approach, beginning with GSM and gradually extending the group. The latter is the approach taken in the left-right symmetric model (LRSM).
1.3 Why Study the Left-Right Symmetric Model?
The left-right symmetric model is formed by modifying the electroweak gauge group. A right- handed SU(2)R group is added and the charge on U(1) is modified to a new charge denoted by Y˜ :
GLR = SU(2)L × SU(2)R × U(1)Y˜
This model was first suggested by physicists Jogesh Pati and Abdus Salam, in an attempt to introduce left-right symmetry. The model is attractive to study, as it removes the left-right asymmetry which occurs in the standard model. There is no obvious reason why the left- handed and right-handed particles should obey different physics, and the LRSM takes care of this, leaving the SM as a less symmetric effective theory.
6 Another advantage of the LRSM is its connection to parity. Scientists Goran Senjanovi´cand Rabi Mohapatra developed the LRSM to account for spontaneous parity breaking, which had previously not been achieved [6].
The LRSM introduces new gauge bosons and scalar particles, which phenomenologically have larger masses than the SM particles. This opens up the possibility of detecting them in exper- imental collider physics.
1.4 Outline of the Project
± In this project, I have chosen to focus on the charged heavy gauge bosons WR which are present in the left-right symmetric model. I split my research into three steps: a study of the theory; implementation of the theory into a program to run LHC simulations; comparison of the sim- ulations with actual LHC data.
My thesis is structured as follows. In section 2, I give an overview of the standard model of particle physics, which is useful as most features are re-visited in the LRSM. I describe the main features of the left-right symmetric model in section 3, giving more attention to the spon- taneous symmetry breaking mechanisms and the resulting gauge boson masses. In section 4, I describe the programs FeynRules and MadGraph which I used to create simulations of my model. I compare these simulations to results from the LHC in section 5.
7 2 Overview of the Standard Model
The SM of particle physics is a renormalisable quantum field theory which combines the Glashow-Weinberg-Salam theory of electroweak interactions with QCD. The theory allows not only tree level, but also higher order calculations, where perturbation theory probes quantum effects. The calculations agree with experimental data to a high precision, and to date the SM is the most well known and accepted theory of particle physics [7].
2.1 Group Structure
The SM is defined by the group:
GSM = SU(3)C × SU(2)L × U(1)Y (1)
GSM is a direct product of three Lie groups. SU(3)C describes the theory of QCD, where the subscript C refers to colour. The product SU(2)L × U(1)Y describes the electroweak theory, where L refers to left-handed and Y to hypercharge.
If a field Ψ is charged under one of the groups, it undergoes transformations of the form:
a Ψ → eiaT Ψ
a where the T are generators of the group and a are parameters defining the transformation. Both are labelled with the subscript a which runs from a = 1, 2, ..., n, where n is the number of generators required to define the group. The generators are elements of the corresponding Lie Algebra, which satisfy certain criteria and can be expressed as square matrices. These matrices are not unique and one set of matrices is called a representation. The most common represen- tation is the fundamental representation, but the adjoint representation is also frequently used, and appears in the SM.
2.1.1 SU(3)
Special unitary groups SU(N) with N ≥ 2 are non-abelian, meaning their transformations are non-commutative. The number of generators required to specify an SU(N) Lie group is: n = N 2 − 1. Therefore, for SU(3), the value of a runs from 1 to 8. The 8 generators of SU(3) in fundamental representation are the Gell-Mann matrices, denoted λa. In the SM, only the quarks are colour charged and transform under this group.
2.1.2 SU(2)
The number of generators of SU(2) is 3. In the fundamental representation, the generators are
τa 2 , where the τa are the familiar Pauli-Sigma matrices. The label L of the SM SU(2)L group refers to handedness of particles. Only left-handed particles transform under the SU(2)L group in the SM.
8 2.1.3 U(1)
The unitary group U(1) is an abelian Lie group, which is specified completely by its charge. In the SM, this is the hypercharge Y .
2.2 Chirality
The term chirality refers to whether a particle is left-handed or right-handed. For a massless particle the chirality is equivalent to the helicity, h, which is the dot product between the spin and momentum of the particle. If the particle travels in the same direction as its spin, then h = 1 and the particle is identified as right-handed. Conversely, a left-handed particle travels in the opposite direction to its spin and has h = −1. An anti-particle simply has the opposite sign of helicity to its corresponding particle.
The case for massive particles is more complex, since the dot product between momentum and spin is reference frame dependent, and therefore not a simple Lorentz-invariant property. The chirality of a massive particle is related to an intrinsic property called isospin, analogous to spin. In the SM, left-handed particles are arranged into an isospin doublet, which can be rotated by three SU(2)L transformations. The non-existence of an SU(2)R group means that right-handed particles have a trivial isospin representation, and don’t transform under isospin rotations. A theory such as the SM in which left and right-handed particles are treated differently, is called a chiral theory [8].
2.3 Matter Particle Content
In total there are 12 matter particles in the SM. These consist of 6 leptons and 6 quarks, which are arranged into left-handed doublets and right-handed singlets, each with 3 generations.
The lepton sector consists of: e, µ, τ and the corresponding neutrinos: νe, νµ, ντ . The quark sector consists of three up-type quarks u, c, t and three down-type quarks d, s, b, standing for up, charm, top, down, strange and bottom. The left-handed doublets are then compactly represented by: ! ! νL uL LL = ,QL = eL dL
The right-handed singlets are denoted:
νR, eR uR, dR
The representations of the multiplets with respect to SU(3)C ,SU(2)L,U(1)Y respectively are:
LL = LL(1, 2, −1) QL = QL(3, 2, 1/3)
νR = νR(1, 1, 0) uR = uR(3, 1, 4/3)
eR = eR(1, 1, −2) dR = dR(3, 1, −2/3)
9 The representations sum up how each field transforms under the SM group. For example LL does not transform under SU(3)C , is a doublet under SU(2)L and has a hypercharge value of -1.
2.4 Gauge Transformations
The Lie groups which make up the SM group GSM are gauge groups, meaning they correspond to gauge transformations of the fields. Gauge transformations are continuous, local transfor- mations. If a quantum field theory is required to be gauge invariant, this means that gauge transformations of the fields leave the Lagrangian unchanged. A gauge transformation of a general quantum field Ψ is represented by:
a iaT a Ψ → e Ψ ' (1 + iaT )Ψ (2) where the parameter a = a(x) depends on spacetime. An important consequence of the spacetime dependence is that the derivative of a field is no longer gauge invariant. Therefore, gauge covariant derivatives are required:
Dµ = ∂µ + igAµ (3) where a vector field Aµ and a coupling constant g have been introduced. Provided that this new field transforms as: 1 A → A − ∂ (x) (4) µ µ g µ then the covariant derivative DµΨ remains invariant under gauge transformations. If a field is charged under more than one group, then equation (3) is simply extended. For example, for a
field charged under two groups, we would need to introduce two vector fields Aµ and Bµ, and respective couplings gA and gB. The covariant derivative would then be:
Dµ = ∂µ + igAAµ + igBBµ (5)
The vector fields Aµ which were introduced are known as vector bosons, or gauge bosons. For each gauge group in the SM, one of these fields needs to be introduced to ensure the whole theory is gauge invariant. In addition, each group transformation has an associated coupling constant. The vector bosons can then be written in terms of the generators of the group as: a Aµ = AµaT . Therefore, in the SM we have the following vector bosons and coupling constants:
a SU(3)C : gC ,Gµ a = 1, 2, ..., 8 a SU(2)L : g, Wµ a = 1, 2, 3 00 0 U(1)Y : g ,Bµ
a The vector bosons which mediate the strong interaction are the 8 gluons, Gµ. The vector a bosons responsible for electroweak interactions are the 3 W bosons Wµ and the hypercharge
10 0 boson Bµ. The electroweak gauge bosons are in fact not the physical mass eigenstates observed 1 2 ± 3 0 in nature. Wµ and Wµ mix together to form the familiar charged Wµ . Similarly, Wµ and Bµ 0 mix together to form the neutral Zµ and the photon Aµ. This will be addressed further in the following section.
2.5 The Higgs Mechanism
The Higgs mechanism is the name given to the spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) in the SM. This is the process by which matter particles and gauge bosons acquire masses. Prior to SSB, mass terms for leptons, quarks and vector bosons are forbidden, as they are not gauge invariant. This is solved by introducing a scalar field φ with a non-zero vacuum expectation value (vev). This report deals with several symmetry breaking steps involved in the LRSM, therefore it is instructive to give an overview of the simpler case of the SM.
The scalar field introduced into the SM is a complex scalar called the Higgs field, and has the form: ! φ+ φ = , φ = φ (1, 2, 1) φ0
The Higgs field is a colour singlet, an SU(2)L doublet and has a hypercharge value of 1. In the Higgs mechanism, we assign a vev to one or more of the components. In order to assure that the vacuum is electrically neutral, it is only the uncharged field φ0 which takes on a non-zero vev, which can be taken to be real. The overall vev of the Higgs field is then given by: ! 1 0 φv = √ 2 νH The process is called symmetry breaking because the vev of the Higgs field breaks the elec- troweak gauge group down to the electromagnetic gauge group U(1)EM :
SU(2)L × U(1)Y → U(1)EM (6)
This occurs because the vev of the Higgs field isn’t invariant under the whole electroweak group gauge transformation; it is only invariant under U(1) transformations.
The process outlined in equation (6) is called partial symmetry breaking, because there is still a remaining U(1) symmetry. The form of the vev can tell us which groups were broken and which remain. Through SSB, a group G with generators tG, can be broken down to a subgroup H, with generators tH . The unbroken generators annihilate the vacuum, meaning v they satisfy tH φ = 0. The broken generators no longer annihilate the vacuum. Therefore, to find the generators of the unbroken group after SSB in the SM, one needs to solve: ! ! ! a b 0 0 √ = c d νH / 2 0
11 With the additional constraint that the resulting generators must be hermitian, there is only one generator that annihilates the vacuum, which corresponds to the electric charge Q of U(1)EM : ! 1 0 Q = 0 0
The unbroken generator must be written as a linear combination of the generators of SU(2)L and U(1)Y . It is then simple to identify the generator of U(1)EM as: τ Y Q = 3 + 1 (7) 2 2
This relates the electric charge of the resulting U(1)EM group to the third generator of SU(2)L and the charge of U(1)Y [9].
Each broken generator corresponds to one degree of freedom which is lost. In the SM, there were in total 4 generators for the direct product SU(2)L × U(1)Y . After SSB we were left with only 1 generator, meaning 3 degrees of freedom were removed. This is accounted for by the massless gauge bosons gaining a longitudinal component, which is what gives them mass. In the SM, this means that 3 gauge bosons acquire a mass via SSB, and one remains ± massless. This corresponds to the massive vector bosons, Wµ , Zµ and the massless photon, Aµ.
Mass terms for the vector bosons are found by evaluating the Higgs field kinetic term in the 2 † µ Lagrangian at its vev. The kinetic term for φ is |Dµφ| = (Dµφ) (D φ), where the gauge covariant derivative of φ is: ~τ 1 D φ = ∂ φ + igW~ · φ + ig00B0 φ µ µ µ 2 2 µ
This can be seen from equation (5), where the gauge fields from SU(2)L have been written as ~ ~τ Y 0 Wµ · 2 and the U(1)Y gauge field as 2 Bµ with Y = 1 for the Higgs field. From this point, I will omit the subscript µ for ease of reading, as during these calculations it is simply a label. Substituting the Higgs vev into the kinetic term gives the result:
2 2 νH 2 1 2 1 2 00 0 32 |D φ| v = g W + iW W − iW + g B − gW (8) µ φ=φ 8 We can see that we now have mass terms for the gauge bosons, but with cross terms between W 3 and B0. W 1 and W 2 don’t have cross terms and are therefore already mass eigenstates, but they don’t correspond to the complex charged fields. By redefining the gauge fields, it is possible to rewrite (8) so that it only contains mass terms for the physical gauge fields.
The vector bosons W 1 and W 2 are combined in the following way: 1 W ± = √ (W 1 ∓ iW 2) (9) 2
12 W ± are the familiar charged vector bosons. The vector bosons W 3 and B0 are combined in the following way:
0 3 A = cos θW B + sin θW W (10) 0 3 Z = − sin θW B + cos θW W
3 0 We see that the fields W and B have been rotated about an angle θW , which is called the Weinberg angle, defined by:
g00 g sin θW = cosθW = (11) pg2 + g002 pg2 + g002
Substituting these results into equation (8) gives the mass terms:
2 2 2 2 002 2 νH g + − νH (g + g ) 2 |D φ| v = W W + Z µ φ=φ 4 8 Since we expect mass terms of the form:
2 2 + − 1 2 2 |D φ| v = M W W + M Z µ φ=φ W 2 Z we see that the masses of Z and W ± are related to the vev of the Higgs field by [10]: 1 M 2 = (g2 + g002)ν2 (12) Z 4 H 1 M 2 = g2ν2 (13) W 4 H
13 3 Left-Right Symmetric Model
In this section I will give an overview of the left-right symmetric model, including the gauge groups defining the theory and how the particles are arranged into multiplets with respect to these groups. As my main focus in this study is the gauge boson sector, I will give more details on the features of the theory which relate to the gauge bosons and their masses. This includes a detailed account of the scalar sector and the corresponding spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism. This is followed by diagonalisation of the vector bosons and explicit calculation of their masses.
The LRSM has been studied extensively since the 1970s; for one example of an early review see [11]. The most common and popular version of the model is called the minimal LRSM and is defined by its scalar sector. The usual SM Higgs doublet is replaced by a bi-doublet and two complex triplets are introduced into the theory. One of the complex triplets is right-handed and the other is left-handed. The vev of the right-handed triplet is large, resulting in the gauge 0 ± bosons Z and WR having much larger masses than the SM gauge bosons.
In this paper I am exploring an alternative symmetry breaking pattern, which occurs as a result of modifying the scalar sector. This version of the model still includes a complex right- ± 0 handed scalar field giving large masses to WR and Z . However, I have included an additional ± right-handed scalar which contributes only to the WR mass. This leads to a mass hierarchy, ± 0 where the WR are heavier than Z . Many features of my model are the same as the mini- mal LRSM, and therefore strongly resemble the literature. However, the scalar sector I have explored has not been previously published.
3.1 Gauge Group and Multiplet Structure
The gauge group defining the left-right symmetric model (LRSM) is given by:
G = SU(3)C × SU(2)L × SU(2)R × U(1)Y˜ (14) where the U(1) gauge group has a charge Y˜ different to the standard model hypercharge
Y [12]. In what follows, the SU(3)C group is not always explicitly addressed. This is because the modifications from the SM and the symmetry breaking mechanisms apply predominantly to the electroweak subgroup. Therefore, I mostly refer to the left-right symmetric subgroup as:
GLR = SU(2)L × SU(2)R × U(1)Y˜ (15)
Changes need to be made to the fermion multiplets to allow for the addition of a second SU(2) group. As in the SM, the left-handed fermions are arranged in doublets which transform under
SU(2)L, denoted by: ! ! νL uL LL = QL = eL dL
14 There are three generations of both lepton and quark multiplets. In contrast to the SM, the right-handed singlets are grouped together to give corresponding right-handed doublets which transform under SU(2)R. This requires the addition of a right-handed neutrino, which is not present in the SM. Therefore, the right-handed doublets are represented by: ! ! νR uR LR = QR = eR dR
The LRSM group (15) will eventually be broken down to the electromagnetic group U(1)EM , with associated electric charge Q, just as it is in the SM. Therefore, the electric charge can be related to the generators of each group in (15). Modification from the SM relation in (7) gives:
Y˜ Q = T + T + 1 (16) 3L 3R 2 where the T3L(R) are the third generators of SU(2)L(R). The generators of SU(2)L and SU(2)R 1 ˜ are given by Ti = 2 τi, where τi are the familiar Pauli matrices. Y is the generator, or charge, of U(1)Y˜ . The relation in (16) is a natural extension to (7), but will be explicitly proven in subsequent sections.
The matrix Q acts on the LRSM multiplets to give the electric charges of the fields. Since the fermions have known values of Q, we can use equation (16) to find the values of Y˜ . We see ˜ ˜ 1 ˜ that for leptons Y = −1 and for quarks Y = 3 . This is equivalent to assigning: Y = B − L, baryon number minus lepton number.
Therefore, with respect to each of the three groups in (15), the left-handed and right-handed doublets have the following representations.
LL = LL(2, 1, −1) 1 Q = Q (2, 1, ) L L 3
LR = LR(1, 2, −1) 1 Q = Q (1, 2, ) R R 3 The group structure of the LRSM determines which gauge bosons, and corresponding couplings exist:
~ 1 2 3 SU(2)L : gL, WLµ = (WLµ,WLµ,WLµ) (17) ~ 1 2 3 SU(2)R : gR, WRµ = (WRµ,WRµ,WRµ) 0 U(1)B−L : g ,Bµ
As in the SM, the gauge fields denoted above are the unphysical fields. Mixing between them occurs to produce seven physical gauge bosons. Three correspond to the SM massive vector ± bosons, which are now denoted WL and Z. There are an analogous three massive vector bosons ± 0 arising from the SU(2)R group, WR and Z . Finally, there is also the massless photon.
15 3.2 Scalar Sector
In order to break the group (15) down to U(1)EM , the LRSM requires a scalar sector which is more extensive than the SM. A full description of the symmetry breaking mechanism is given in section 3.5. Here I will give a brief overview of the scalar fields included in the model.
There are 3 scalar fields included in this version of the LRSM:
• Φ1 = Φ1(1, 3, 0)
• Φ2 = Φ2(1, 3, 2)
• Φ3 = Φ3(2, 2, 0)
Φ1 and Φ2 are both triplets under SU(2)R. The only field which is charged under U(1)Y˜ is ˜ Φ2, and in section 3.5 I explicitly deduce the value of Y .Φ3 is a bi-doublet under the direct product: SU(2)L × SU(2)R, and has a similar symmetry breaking effect to the SM Higgs field.
3.3 The Left-Right Symmetric Lagrangian
The LRSM Lagrangian is given by:
L = Lg + Lf + Ls + LY + LHP (18) with subscripts denoting gauge field, fermionic, scalar, Yukawa and Higgs Potential respectively. In the following subsections I will give an overview of each term. Many terms are an obvious extension or modification from the SM Lagrangian, by taking the right-handed doublets as a natural analogy to the left-handed doublets.
3.3.1 Gauge Field Lagrangian
The term Lg describes the kinetic terms for the gauge fields and interactions between them. It is given by: 1 1 1 1 L = − F a F µν − F a F µν − Ga Gµν − B Bµν g 4 Lµν La 4 Rµν Ra 4 µν a 4 µν
The abelian field strength of U(1)Y˜ is:
Bµν = ∂µBν − ∂νBµ
The non-abelian field strengths of SU(2)L, SU(2)R and SU(3)C have the following form:
a a a a b c Fµν = ∂µAν − ∂νAµ − fbcAµAν
a where A = WL,WR and G and fbc are the structure constants of the group.
16 3.3.2 Fermionic Gauge Lagrangian
The fermionic gauge Lagrangian includes kinetic terms for the fermions and interactions be- tween fermion and gauge fields. By putting left- and right-handed fermions on the same footing, it is given by: