The Standard Model particle content with complete gauge symmetries from the minimal ideals of two Clifford algebras

Abstract

Building upon previous works, it is shown that two minimal left ideals of the complex Clifford algebra $\mathbb{C}\ell (6)$ and two minimal right ideals of $\mathbb{C}\ell (4)$ transform as one generation of leptons and quarks under the gauge symmetry $SU(3{)}_C\times U(1{)}_{EM}$ and $SU(2{)}_L\times U(1{)}_Y$ respectively. The $SU(2{)}_L$ weak symmetries are naturally chiral. Combining the $\mathbb{C}\ell (6)$ and $\mathbb{C}\ell (4)$ ideals, all the gauge symmetries of the Standard Model, together with its lepton and quark content for a single generation are represented, with the dimensions of the minimal ideals dictating the number of distinct physical states. The combined ideals can be written as minimal left ideals of $\mathbb{C}\ell (6)\otimes \mathbb{C}\ell (4)\cong \mathbb{C}\ell (10)$ in a way that preserves individually the $\mathbb{C}\ell (6)$ structure and $\mathbb{C}\ell (4)$ structure of physical states. This resulting model includes many of the attractive features of the Georgi and Glashow $SU(5)$ grand unified theory without introducing proton decay or other unobserved processes. Such processes are naturally excluded because they do not individually preserve the $\mathbb{C}\ell (6)$ and $\mathbb{C}\ell (4)$ minimal ideals.

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