Grand Unified Theories

Speculative · 1974

Status: Speculative
Year: 1974

Summary

One gauge group at high energy, splitting into the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces as things cool. The simplest versions predict the proton decays; forty years of watching tanks of water say it does not.

Timeline

Grand Unification Baryogenesis Proton Decay, If It Happens

Equations

Fine-Structure Constant Standard Model Lagrangian Half-Life

Proponent

Sheldon Glashow Howard Georgi

Referenced by

equation

Fine-Structure Constant Half-Life Standard Model Lagrangian

event

Baryogenesis Grand Unification Proton Decay, If It Happens

researcher

Howard Georgi Sheldon Glashow

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