High Energy Physics Seminar

I will present my recent work on several aspects of flavor physics. I begin by proposing a class of chain-like theories that explain quark and lepton mass hierarchies with new physics testable at the LHC and future colliders. I will then turn to suggestive implications of the high precision achieved in flavor measurements. First, I will discuss CKM unitarity constraints, focusing on the angle α and its connection to theories of spontaneous CP violation. Second, I will highlight that the Standard Model Yukawa running suggests quark–lepton unification at an interesting low scale, of about 10^6 GeV, with the Pati–Salam model as a compelling candidate.

The talk is in 469 Lauritsen.

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