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TeV Scale Quark-Lepton Unification

K.S. Babu , Sumit Biswas , Shaikh Saad

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keywords Pati-Salam modelleptoquark gauge bosonquark-lepton unificationZ2 symmetryflavor violationvector-like fermionsTeV scale

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In a Pati-Salam model with softly broken Z2 symmetry, the leptoquark gauge boson Xμ can have a mass as low as 4.3 TeV while satisfying all flavor constraints.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper constructs a quark-lepton unification model based on the Pati-Salam gauge group with an E6-inspired spectrum that features a leptoquark gauge boson Xμ at the multi-TeV scale. A softly broken Z2 symmetry restricts the couplings of Xμ so that tree-level flavor-violating processes are helicity suppressed, allowing Xμ masses down to 1.1 TeV in isolation. Gauge boson mass relations then impose a stronger bound of 4.3 TeV from LHC limits on the related Z' boson. This relatively low scale for the unification breaking makes the model testable through direct production of Xμ and associated vector-like quarks at current colliders, as well as through lepton flavor violation searches.

Core claim

The central discovery is that the combination of a Z2 parity that makes the leptoquark Xμ odd while keeping Standard Model fermions even, together with soft breaking that allows mixing only in the right-handed down sector, suppresses most dangerous flavor-violating effects to loop level and thereby permits the Pati-Salam breaking scale to sit near 4 TeV.

What carries the argument

The softly broken Z2 symmetry that assigns even parity to Standard Model fermions and odd parity to the new vector-like fermions and the Xμ gauge boson itself.

If this is right

Xμ masses starting from 4.3 TeV remain consistent with current data.
Vector-like down-type quarks with baryon number 2/3 become accessible at the LHC.
Lepton flavor violating decays such as μ → eγ can be induced at observable rates.
Neutrino masses are generated via dimension-seven tree-level operators and dimension-five one-loop diagrams.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The model suggests targeted LHC searches for Xμ decaying to specific final states involving the vector-like quarks.
Similar symmetry structures might be applied to other leptoquark models to relax mass bounds.
Confirmation would support E6-inspired extensions of the Standard Model at accessible energies.

Load-bearing premise

The softly broken Z2 symmetry induces mixing exclusively in the right-handed down-quark sector while maintaining helicity suppression for all other tree-level Xμ-mediated processes.

What would settle it

A direct LHC observation of the Z' boson with mass below 4.3 TeV without a corresponding Xμ signal would challenge the mass relations assumed in the model.

read the original abstract

We propose a quark-lepton symmetric Pati-Salam (PS) model based on the gauge group $SU(2)_L \times SU(2)_R \times SU(4)_C$ with an $E_6$-inspired particle spectrum which naturally accommodates a multi-TeV leptoquark gauge boson $X_\mu(3,1,\frac{2}{3})$. A softly broken $Z_2$ symmetry plays a crucial role in realizing this scenario, under which the Standard Model (SM) fermions are even, while new vector-like fermions present in the model are odd. A notable feature of this model is that the PS gauge boson $X_\mu$ itself is $Z_2$-odd, causing it to couple exclusively between SM fermions and the vector-like fermions, except in the right-handed down-quark sector, where mixing is induced by the soft breaking of $Z_2$. This structure leads to helicity suppression of tree-level meson decays mediated by $X_\mu$, with helicity-unsuppressed contributions arising only via one-loop diagrams. We show that $X_\mu$ can be as light as 1.1 TeV while being compatible with all flavor-violating constraints. However, mass relations among the $(W'^\pm_\mu, Z'_\mu, X_\mu)$ gauge bosons push the $X_\mu$ mass limit up to 4.3 TeV from the stringent LHC bounds on the $Z^\prime$ mass. This comparatively low PS-breaking scale opens up promising collider opportunities for probing the leptoquark gauge boson, as well as the distinctive signature of vector-like down-type quarks carrying an unusual baryon number of $2/3$. The model can be further tested via lepton flavor-violating processes induced by the leptoquark gauge boson, such as $\mu \to e \gamma$, $\mu \to e e e$, and $\mu$-$e$ conversion in nuclei. Neutrino masses arise in the model through dimension-seven operators at tree-level, as well as from dimension-five operators via one-loop diagrams.

Editorial analysis

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Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

This Pati-Salam model uses a Z2-odd leptoquark and vector-like fermions to reach 1.1 TeV before LHC Z' bounds force it to 4.3 TeV, with selective mixing only in right-handed down quarks.

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The main thing to know is that the authors arrange an E6-inspired Pati-Salam spectrum plus a softly broken Z2 so the leptoquark gauge boson X_mu stays odd and mostly couples SM fermions to new vector-like states. Only soft breaking allows mixing in the right-handed down sector, which suppresses tree-level FCNCs by helicity and lets X_mu sit as low as 1.1 TeV before the linked W' and Z' masses plus LHC data push the limit to 4.3 TeV. The model also flags vector-like down quarks with baryon number 2/3 and several LFV channels as direct tests, plus neutrino masses from dim-7 tree operators and dim-5 loops. What is new is the concrete Z2 parity assignment on both the fermions and the X_mu boson itself inside the PS gauge group; earlier work did not combine these elements to relax the usual multi-TeV floor this way. The paper does a clean job spelling out the resulting collider signatures and the flavor constraints that survive. The soft spots are modest but real: the abstract asserts that the PS-breaking VEVs and the full spectrum permit exactly the selective mixing without extra operators or Z2 violations, yet the explicit mass matrix and loop calculations behind the 1.1 TeV number are not visible here, so one has to trust that the soft parameters can be chosen without reintroducing unsuppressed contributions. The neutrino-mass section is sketched rather than derived in detail. This is a model-building paper aimed at readers who follow TeV-scale leptoquarks, extended gauge symmetries, or LHC resonance searches. Anyone looking for falsifiable predictions on vector-like quarks or mu to e gamma rates will find concrete numbers to check. It deserves peer review because the construction is logically consistent on its face and the bounds are tied to existing LHC data rather than free parameters.

Referee Report

1 major / 1 minor

Summary. The manuscript proposes a Pati-Salam model on SU(2)_L × SU(2)_R × SU(4)_C with an E6-inspired spectrum and a softly broken Z2 symmetry under which SM fermions are even and vector-like fermions (plus the X_μ gauge boson) are odd. Soft Z2 breaking is arranged to induce mixing only in the right-handed down-quark sector, producing helicity suppression for tree-level FCNCs mediated by the Z2-odd leptoquark X_μ(3,1,2/3). This permits X_μ masses as low as 1.1 TeV from flavor constraints, while mass relations among (W'±, Z', X) raise the bound to 4.3 TeV from LHC Z' limits. Neutrino masses are generated via dimension-seven tree-level operators and dimension-five one-loop diagrams; distinctive signatures include vector-like down quarks with baryon number 2/3 and LFV processes such as μ → eγ.

Significance. If the Z2 construction and selective mixing can be shown to be consistent with the full E6 spectrum and gauge-boson mass matrix, the work would provide a concrete, testable realization of TeV-scale quark-lepton unification with collider-accessible signatures and falsifiable LFV predictions. The use of a Z2-odd X_μ to enforce helicity suppression is a technically interesting mechanism that avoids ad-hoc parameter tuning.

major comments (1)

[Model construction and Z2 symmetry section] The central assumption that soft Z2 breaking induces mixing exclusively in the right-handed down-quark sector, while preserving helicity suppression for all other tree-level X_μ-mediated processes and remaining consistent with the E6-inspired vector-like fermion quantum numbers under SU(2)_L × SU(2)_R × SU(4)_C, is asserted in the abstract but not demonstrated via explicit mass matrices or VEV assignments. The PS-breaking VEVs that generate the (W', Z', X) mass relations must be shown to permit exactly this pattern without reintroducing unsuppressed operators.

minor comments (1)

[Abstract and results section] The numerical claims of 1.1 TeV and 4.3 TeV rest on unspecified loop calculations and mass relations; these should be presented with explicit equations and parameter values in the main text.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the positive overall assessment and for identifying the need for greater explicitness in the Z2 implementation. We will revise the manuscript to include the requested mass matrices and VEV analysis, which strengthens the presentation without altering the core results.

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Referee: [Model construction and Z2 symmetry section] The central assumption that soft Z2 breaking induces mixing exclusively in the right-handed down-quark sector, while preserving helicity suppression for all other tree-level X_μ-mediated processes and remaining consistent with the E6-inspired vector-like fermion quantum numbers under SU(2)_L × SU(2)_R × SU(4)_C, is asserted in the abstract but not demonstrated via explicit mass matrices or VEV assignments. The PS-breaking VEVs that generate the (W', Z', X) mass relations must be shown to permit exactly this pattern without reintroducing unsuppressed operators.

Authors: We agree that explicit demonstration is required for rigor. In the revised version we will add a new subsection containing the complete 3×3 (and 6×6 where relevant) fermion mass matrices after soft Z2 breaking. These matrices will be derived from the allowed Yukawa terms and the specific VEV pattern of the E6-inspired scalars, showing that mixing appears only in the right-handed down sector while all other SM–vector-like couplings remain off-diagonal and helicity-suppressed. We will also display the full gauge-boson mass matrix generated by the PS-breaking VEVs, confirming that the (W', Z', X) mass relations are preserved and that no dimension-4 operators violating the helicity suppression are generated. This construction is fully consistent with the E6 quantum numbers under the PS group. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: model assumptions explicit, mass limits from gauge relations plus external LHC bounds

full rationale

The derivation relies on standard Pati-Salam gauge boson mass matrices generated by explicit PS-breaking VEVs and an input softly broken Z2 symmetry that controls fermion mixings by construction. The 1.1 TeV flavor bound and its upward revision to 4.3 TeV follow directly from those mass relations combined with external LHC Z' limits; no parameter is fitted to the target X_μ mass inside the paper's equations, and no self-citation chain or ansatz smuggling is used to justify the central claims. The construction is therefore self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 1 invented entities

The model rests on standard gauge unification assumptions plus the introduction of new vector-like fermions and a soft Z2 breaking term whose scale is not fixed by first principles.

free parameters (1)

soft Z2 breaking parameters
These control the mixing in the right-handed down sector and are chosen to satisfy flavor constraints while preserving the overall suppression pattern.

axioms (1)

domain assumption The gauge group is SU(2)_L × SU(2)_R × SU(4)_C with an E6-inspired fermion spectrum
Invoked to define the particle content and the origin of the leptoquark X_mu.

invented entities (1)

Z2-odd vector-like fermions no independent evidence
purpose: To make X_mu odd under Z2 and enforce the desired coupling structure
New particles introduced to realize the symmetry assignment; no independent evidence provided.

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