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The Standard Model Fermion Spectrum from Complex Projective spaces

Dolan, Brian P.,Nash, Charles

Abstract

It is shown that the quarks and leptons of the standard model, including a right-handed neutrino, can be obtained by gauging the holonomy groups of complex projective spaces of complex dimensions two and three. The spectrum emerges as chiral zero modes of the Dirac operator coupled to gauge fields and the demonstration involves an index theorem analysis on a general complex projective space in the presence of topologically non-trivial SU(n)xU(1) gauge fields. The construction may have applications in type IIA string theory and non-commutative geometry.

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a Xi :hep- h/0207078 2 14 No 2002 P ep in ypese in JHEP s yle - HYPER VERSION DIAS-STP-02-07 The S anda d Model Fe mion Spec um F om Complex P ojec i e Spaces B ian P. Dolan and C. Nash Dep . o Ma hema ical Physics, NUI, Maynoo h, I eland and School o Theo e ical Physics, Dublin Ins i u e o Ad anced S udies, 10 Bu ling on Rd., Dublin 8, I eland bdolan@ hphys.may.ie, cnash@ hphys.may.ie Abs ac : I is shown ha he qua ks and lep ons o he s anda d model, including a igh -handed neu ino, can be ob ained by gauging he holonomy g oups o complex p ojec i e spaces o complex dimensions wo and h ee. The spec um eme ges as chi al ze o modes o he Di ac ope a o coupled o gauge ields and he demons a ion in ol es an index heo em analysis on a gene al complex p ojec i e space in he p esence o opologically non- i ial SU(n)×U(1) gauge ields. The cons uc ion may ha e applica ions in ype IIA s ing heo y and non-commu a i e geome y. Keywo ds: Field Theo ies in Highe Dimensions, Di e en ial and Algeb aic Geome y, Non-Commu a i e Geome y. Con en s 1. In oduc ion 1 2. The Pa icle Spec um F om CPn3 3. Conclusions 6 A. The Index Theo em Fo CPn8 1. In oduc ion I has been a long s anding goal o heo e ical pa icle physics o uni y space- ime symme ies wi h he in e nal SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1) gauge symme y o he s anda d model. Mos cu en esea ch in his di ec ion elies on s ing heo y in highe dimensions, hoping o de i e g and uni ied heo ies as low ene gy limi s o he ull heo y, and a c ucial aspec o his p og amme is he ˆole o compac in e nal spaces. Compac in e nal spaces we e i s in oduced in o physics in Kaluza-Klein models whe e a cose space G/H wi h isome y g oup Gand holonomy g oup Hcan gi e ise o a gauge g oup Gin 4-dimensional space- ime. A pu e Kaluza-Klein app oach was la gely abandoned in he 80s due in pa o he ealisa ion ha i was di icul , i no impossible, o ob ain chi al Fe mions his way [1]. In his pape we ake a di e en app oach o in e nal cose spaces, ocusing on he holonomy g oup H a he han G. We shall show ha a single gene a ion o he s anda d model spec um, including a igh handed neu ino, can a ise om he complex p ojec i e spaces CP2and CP3. The app oach adop ed he e has he a ac i e ea u e ha i is somewha mo e in une wi h he spi i o gene al ela i i y han s anda d Kaluza-Klein heo y. In he s anda d app oach one assumes ha he cose space has a speci ic me ic which has isome y g oup G, which is somewha con a y o he philosophy gene al ela i i y whe e a pa icula me ic is me ely one solu ion o Eins ein’s ield equa ions and he e may be many o he s wi h smalle isome ies, indeed a gene ic solu ion has none. In he cons uc ion used he e i is he holonomy g oup ha is impo an and o a complex mani old wi h eal dimension 2n his g oup is gene ically U(n). Fo 4-dimensional space ime equipped wi h a Lo en zian me ic he holonomy g oup is gene ically SO(1,3) and gene al ela i i y can be iewed as a gauge heo y o angen space o a ions using his g oup. Inco po a ing spino s in o gene al ela i i y equi es –1– gauging he double co e o SO(1,3), namely Spin(1,3) ∼ =Sl(2,C). I a compac complex in e nal space wi h eal dimension 2nis added he ex a holonomy g oup is gene ically U(n) and so i seems qui e na u al o gauge SU(n)×U(1). Taking wo in e nal spaces wi h n= 2 and n= 3 would gi e SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)×U(1) which is no qui e wha is equi ed, bu is close. To see how he s anda d model spec um migh a ise in his way conside i s a Di ac spino on a gene al compac complex mani old o eal dimension 4. This has 4 componen s and decomposes as (2,1) + (1,2)−→ 20+ (11+1−1) (1.1) unde Spin(4) ∼ =SU(2) ×SU(2) →SU(2) ×U(1). Shi ing he U(1) cha ge by −1 and escaling he esul by 1/2 gi es 2−1/2+ (10+1−1).(1.2) On he o he hand a compac complex mani old o eal dimension 6 has 8 componen Di ac spino s which decompose as 4+4−→ (31+1−3) + (3−1+13) (1.3) unde Spin(6) ∼ =SU(4) →SU(3) ×U(1). Taking a single chi al spino in he 4o SU(4), shi ing he U(1) cha ge by 3 and escaling he esul by 1/6, gi es (32/3+10).(1.4) A single gene a ion o he s anda d model spec um, including a igh -handed neu- ino, can be ob ained by enso ing (1.2) wi h (1.4) and simply adding he U(1) cha ges. These g oup heo y decomposi ions a e alid on any complex mani olds o eal dimension 4 and 6 espec i ely and he shi in he U(1) cha ges may be achie ed by coupling he Fe mions o U(1) gauge ields wi h app op ia e opological (monopole) cha ges. Ma hema ically his equi es enso ing he spin bundle wi h an app op ia e line bundle, which may o may no be possible on any gi en man- i old depending on whe he o no app op ia e line bundles exis . I is shown in sec ion 2 ha o CP2and CP3 he equi ed line bundles do indeed exis (indeed o CP2spino s canno e en be de ined unless such a line bundle is in oduced). Howe e ob aining he s anda d model spec um equi es in oducing some na u al highe ank bundles as well. Fu he mo e, an index heo em analysis shows ha he ep esen a ions (1.2) and (1.4) can be ealised as ze o modes o he Di ac ope a o wi h p ecisely he co ec handedness o one gene a ion o he s anda d model, in- cluding a igh -handed neu ino. This is a opological s a emen , i is comple ely independen o he choice o me ic on hese spaces. O cou se he e is he ques ion o gene a ions— he cons uc ion p esen ed he e only p oduces a single gene a ion o he s anda d model. This poin is elabo a ed –2– on in he concluding sec ion 3, along wi h some sugges ions o how he cons uc ion migh i in o iable models such as ype IIA supe s ing heo y and non-commu a i e geome y. De ails o he index heo em on CPn, equi ed o he analysis in he ex , a e con ained in an appendix, whe e closed o m exp essions o he index o he Di ac ope a o coupled o opologically non- i ial SU(n)×U(1) gauge ields a e de i ed. 2. The Pa icle Spec um F om CPn In his sec ion i will be a gued ha he spec um o a single gene a ion o he s anda d model can be ob ained om CP2×CP3by gauging he holonomy g oup, U(2)×U(3), wi h he wo U(1) ac o s iden i ied in one pa icula combina ion. This gene alises he case o CP2which gi es he elec oweak sec o [2]. The analysis is based on he index heo em o he Di ac ope a o on CPn∼ =SU(n+ 1) U(n)(2.1) de i ed in he appendix. We a e in e es ed in ze o modes o he Di ac ope a o , o Fe mions which a e ei he single s o ans o m unde he undamen al n ep- esen a ion o SU(n), when opologically non- i ial gauge ields a e p esen (CPn analogues o he monopole ield on S2and he SU(2) BPST ins an on on S4). The gauge g oup is aken o be he holonomy g oup U(n) o CPn. The index is he di e ence be ween he numbe o posi i e chi ali y ze o modes o he Di ac ope a o and he numbe o nega i e chi ali y ze o modes and, o con enience, he impo an o mulae om he appendix a e ep oduced he e. Fo a single wi h U(1) cha ge Y(n)=q, whe e qis an in ege , he index is νq=1 n!(q+ 1) ···(q+n), q ∈Z(2.2) co esponding o a line bundle o e CPnwi h gauge g oup U(1). A Fe mion in he undamen al ep esen a ion o SU(n), wi h a U(1) cha ge Y(n)=q+1 n, has index νq,n=(q+ 1) ···(q+ (n−1))(q+n+ 1) (n−1)! .(2.3) We a e ee o escale he U(1) cha ges di e en ly o di e en alues o n, bu o a gi en n he a io o he single cha ge q o he undamen al cha ge q+1 nis ixed. The simples case is CP1∼ =S2, whe e he holonomy g oup is U(1). In oducing U(1) gauge ields and Fe mions wi h cha ge q he e a e νq=q+ 1 ze o modes o he Di ac ope a o . The case q=−1 gi es no unpai ed ze o modes—gene ically he e a e none a all bu e en when ze o modes exis le and igh -handed pa icles wi h cha ge −1 occu in pai s, like an elec on in QED. Fo q6=−1 he heo y is necessa y chi al. Fo example choosing he con en ion ha posi i e νco esponds o –3– igh -handed spino s in 4-dimensions, q=−2 would be in e p e ed as a le -handed pa icle wi h hype cha ge −2. Howe e he e is no place in his cons uc ion o a igh -handed pa icle wi h he same cha ge as his would equi e q=−2 and ν > 0. This is necessa ily a chi al heo y o q6=−1, and would gene a e a le hal gauge anomaly in 4-dimensions. To in oduce qua ks we u n o CP3—since he holonomy g oup o CP3is U(3) qua ks can be in oduced as iple s. Fo example an SU(3) iple wi h q=−3 gi es ν−3,3= 1 and has U(1) cha ge Y(3) =−8/3. Since he o e all no malisa ion o he cha ge is a ou disposal, his could ep esen ei he : a igh handed d-qua k ( escale cha ge by 1/8), dR=3−1/3,(2.4) o a igh -handed u-qua k ( escale cha ge by −1/4), uR=32/3.(2.5) Ei he possibili y o ces us o in e p e posi i e chi ali y as co esponding o igh - handed Fe mions in 4-dimensions in o de o ma ch he s anda d model spec um. I is ins uc i e o examine he complex conjuga e ep esen a ions in o de o un- de s and he CPT conjuga e o he spec a. In he appendix i is shown ha un- de complex conjuga ion o he bundles o e CPn he U(1) cha ges ans o m as Y(n)→Y(n)=−Y(n)−(n+ 1) and he index as ν→ν= (−1)nν. So o he exam- ples (2.4) and (2.5) abo e, wi h jus a single SU(3) iple on CP3wi h Y(3) =−8/3, Y(3) =−4/3 and complex conjuga ion lips he chi ali y so i maps dR=3−1/3−→ 3−1/6(2.6) and uR=32/3−→ 31/3= (d)L.(2.7) I we s a wi h a igh -handed u-qua k complex conjuga ion o ces us o in oduce he le -handed an i-dwhile s a ing wi h a igh -handed d-qua k complex conjuga- ion o ces he in oduc ion o a s a e ha has no place in he s anda d model. This nicely illus a es he kind o cons ain s ha CPT can place on he possible choices. Fo weak in e ac ions we b ing in CP2wi h holonomy g oup U(2). An index heo em analysis hen allows us o ob ain a single gene a ion o he elec oweak sec o , including a igh -handed neu ino. This is achie ed by aking he ollowing h ee ep esen a ions: •An SU(2) single wi h q= 0 gi ing ze o cha ge and index ν0= +1; •A second single wi h q=−3 gi ing cha ge Y(2) =−3 and index ν−3= +1; •An SU(2) double wi h q=−2 gi ing cha ge Y(2) =−3/2 and ν−2,2=−1. –4– In e p e ing posi i e νas gi ing igh -handed spino s, and escaling he cha ge by 1/3, his esul s in a single gene a ion o pa icles o he elec oweak sec o o he s anda d model, including a igh -handed neu ino: 10= (V)R1−1=eR2−1/2=VL eL(2.8) ( he no malisa ion is such ha he elec ic cha ge is Q=I3+Y). Now o CP2 complex conjuga ion p ese es he chi ali y and sends Y(2) →Y(2) =−Y(2) −3, so complex conjuga ion maps (2.8) o 1−1=eR10= (V)R2−1/2=eL VL(2.9) ( o he 2 he elec ic cha ge is Q=−I3+Yand o cou se he 2is equi alen o he 2unde o a ion by he Pauli ma ix iσ2). The cu ious conclusion is ha , con a y o wha one migh na¨ı ely expec , complex conjuga ion does no change he sign o he hype cha ge bu ins ead in e changes he elec on and neu ino, lea ing he elec oweak mul iple in (2.8) in a ian . One comple e gene a ion o he qua k sec o o he s anda d model can be ob- ained by combining (2.8) wi h he SU(3) iple in (2.5), p o ided he o al hype - cha ge is de ined as a pa icula linea combina ion o he CP2and he CP3cha ges, Y=−1 4Y(3) +1 3Y(2). Taking he o al chi ali y o be he p oduc o he wo indi id- ual chi ali ies, and in e p e ing posi i e chi ali y as igh -handed, gi es he pa icle spec um o he s ong sec o o he s anda d model: (3,1)2/3=uR(3,1)−1/3=dR(3,2)1/6=uL dL.(2.10) The elec oweak sec o can be included by combining an SU(3) single on CP3, wi h ze o cha ge and ν0= 1, wi h (2.9): (1,1)0=VR(1,1)−1=eR(1,2)−1/2=VL eL.(2.11) Equa ions (2.10) and (2.11) cons i u e a single gene a ion o he s anda d model. Now obse e ha he combina ion Y=1 4Y(3) −1 3Y(2) does simply change sign unde complex conjuga ion, Y→Y=−Y. In addi ion he CP3chi ali y changes while ha o CP2does no so he o e all chi ali y, which is he p oduc o he wo, lips. The ne esul is ha complex conjuga ion o (2.10) and (2.11) does indeed ep oduce he an i-pa icles: (3,1)2/3=uR,(3,1)−1/3=dR,(3,2)1/6=uL dL(2.12) 7−→ c.c. (3,1)−2/3= (u)L,(3,1)1/3= (d)L,(3,2)−1/6=(u)R (d)R –5– and (1,1)0=VR,(1,1)−1=eR,(1,2)−1/2=VL eL(2.13) 7−→ c.c. (1,1)0= (V)L,(1,1)1= (e)L,(1,2)1/2=(V)R (e)R. I is in e es ing ha he cons uc ion p esen ed he e necessa ily equi es he in oduc ion o a igh -handed neu ino, as ecen expe imen al e idence o neu ino oscilla ions equi es jus such a s a e o he simples explana ion o he esul s [3], [4]. In summa y a single comple e gene a ion o he s anda d model, (2.10) and (2.11), a ises om a selec ion o i e di e en bundles, h ee o e CP2and wo o e CP3: •Two SU(2) single s on CP2wi h q= 0 and q=−3 and an SU(2) double wi h q=−2; •An SU(3) single on CP3wi h q= 0 and an SU(3) iple wi h q=−3. In e ms o he Spincs uc u es desc ibed in he appendix hese co espond o he wo bundles on CP2∧0,∗TCP2⊗1⊕L3 (2) ⊕F(2) ⊗L2 (2) (2.14) on CP3∧0,∗TCP3⊗1⊕F(3) ⊗L3 (3) (2.15) whe e, on CP2,L(2) is he gene a ing line bundle and F(2) he ank 2 bundle sa is ying L(2) ⊕F(2) =I3, while, on CP3,L(3) is he gene a ing line bundle and F(3) he ank 3 bundle sa is ying L(3) ⊕F(3) =I4, wi h I3and I4deno ing i ial bundles o ank 3 and 4 espec i ely. 3. Conclusions I has been shown ha a single gene a ion o he s anda d model Fe mion spec um, including a igh -handed neu ino, can be ob ained om he holonomy g oups o CP2 and CP3by enso ing wi h app op ia e bundles. Physically his means in oducing backg ound SU(3) ×SU(2) ×U(1) gauge ields which a e opologically non- i ial, con aining analogues o monopoles and ins an ons. A numbe o ques ions p esen hemsel es. Fi s ly he e is no ob ious sign o h ee gene a ions. O cou se one can ob ain mo e gene a ions by aking copies, bu he e seems no compelling eason o ake h ee such copies and no some o he numbe . This may be ela ed o he ques ion o wha possible ˆole he isome y g oup may play. In he in oduc ion a i ue –6– was made o he ac ha he cons uc ion is no ied down o a speci ic me ic on CPn, bu i one in oduces he Fubini-S udy me ic one hen has isome y g oup SU(n+ 1). On CP2one has SU(3) and, using his as a ho izon al gene a ion g oup, he undamen al ep esen a ion would gi e h ee gene a ions. Bu hen i is no clea wha he ˆole o he SU(4) om CP3would be. Al e na i ely i is possible o manu ac u e h ee copies by including CP1wi h q= 2, gi ing ν2= 3, and hen simply igno ing he U(1) cha ge on CP1. Fo he momen we ha e no compelling sugges ion as o how he gene a ions migh appea and we lea e his as an open ques ion. Secondly he e is he ques ion o he ex a U(1). The holonomy g oup o CP2× CP3is U(3)×U(2) ∼ =SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)×U(1) and we ha e aken a U(1) which is only one pa icula combina ion o he wo U(1) ac o s, igno ing he o he one. In ac he s anda d model spec um has ue g oup S(U(3) ×U(2)), [5], and he e y ac ha i is ep oduced he e means ha he g oup being used is S(U(3) ×U(2)) a he han he ull holonomy g oup U(3) ×U(2). The e may be a deepe eason o his, bu o he momen we con ine ou sel es o obse ing ha i wo ks empi ically. How migh he cons uc ion i in o ealis ic models? I would ce ainly seem oo na¨ı e o ake CP2×CP3as an in e nal space—i has eal dimension 10 which is oo la ge o s ing heo y and simply adding i on o 4-dimensional space- ime p oduces a 14-dimensional space- ime which would ha e anomalies. I may be ha one could ealise CP2and CP3as a b ane wi hin a b ane in ype IIA s ing heo y, which has an i-symme ic enso ields o ank 2 and 4 in i s R-R sec o as well as hei hodge duals, hough IIA s ing s ing heo y is a non-chi al heo y so he Weyl Fe mion on CP3would ha e o be pu in by hand. Any such in e p e a ion would necessa ily be a he di e en o he s anda d app oach, as i would no in ol e g and uni ied heo ies di ec ly. Al e na i ely a “ uzzy” Kaluza-Klein app oach may be o in e es whe e he con inuum mani olds o CP2and CP3a e eplaced by non-commu a i e ini e dimensional ma ix app oxima ions wi h a ini e numbe o deg ees o eedom [2]. I would hen be mo e app op ia e o hink o mul iple copies o 4-dimensional space- ime a he han an in e nal con inuous mani old, somewha analogous o Connes’ non-commu a i e geome y app oach o he s anda d model wi h wo copies o space- ime [6], [7]. S a -p oduc s on CPnwe e s udied in [8] and [9], and he spec um o he Di ac ope a o was in es iga ed in [10] and [11]. The smalles ec o space ha could be used o a non- i ial ma ix ep esen a ion is n+ 1. Fo CP2we ge 3, which ela es o he discussion o he gene a ion p oblem abo e, while CP2×CP3would equi e 3 ×4 = 12 copies. While hese a e all in e es ing and impo an p oblems we lea e hem open o u he wo k. –7– A. The Index Theo em Fo CPn Fo a gene al complex mani old Xo dimension n he o al Che n class is he sum o he indi idual Che n classes c(X) = 1 + c1(X) + c2(X) + ···+cn(X).(A.1) In line wi h common usage we w i e ck(X) o ck(TX)— he k h Che n class o he angen bundle. In pa icula cn(X) is he op o m and he Gauss–Bonne he- o em s a es ha e alua ing cn(X) on Xgi es he Eule cha ac e is ic o X: i.e. cn(X)[X] = χ(X). Fo CPn he Che n classes a e all gene a ed by a single 2 dimensional class x [12] c(CPn) = (1 + x)n+1 = 1 + (n+ 1)x+n(n+ 1) 2x2+···+ (n+ 1)xn.(A.2) No e ha xn+1 is a (2n+2) dimensional class and so xn+1 = 0—when xis ep esen ed by a 2 o m ω, say, his co esponds o he ac ha ωn+1 = 0 on a 2n-dimensional mani old. The no malisa ion is such ha ZCPn ωn= 1 (A.3) and so, since cn(X) = (n+ 1)xn≡(n+ 1)ωn, we ha e χ(CPn) = n+ 1,(A.4) which is he Eule cha ac e is ic o CPnas equi ed by he Gauss-Bonne heo em. The o m ωis he cu a u e o a line bundle Lwhose complex conjuga e Lwe shall e e o as he gene a ing line bundle o e CPnwi h Che n class c(L) = 1 −x. (A.5) Ano he line bundle ha will be impo an is he canonical line bundle Kwhich is he maximum ex e io powe o he co angen bundle T∗X: i.e. K=∧nT∗X. (A.6) Khas Che n class gi en by c(K) = 1 −(n+ 1)x. (A.7) The minus sign appea s because c1(K) = c1(T∗X) = −c1(TX).(A.8) –8–