Proton lifetime from SU(5) unification in extra dimensions

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1207-1242

  Alciati, Maria Laura ^a   Feruglio, Ferruccio ^a   Lin, Yin ^b,c   Varagnolo, Alvise ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; GUT; Supersymmetry Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044467648     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2005/03/054     Document Type: Article

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