Conservation or violation of B - L in proton decay

F. Wilczek; A. Zee

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(79)90475-1

Conservation or violation of B - L in proton decay

F. Wilczek, A. Zee

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The question of whether or not proton decay conserves baryon minus lepton number is studied. We argue that observation of B - L violation would indicate the existence of physical structure in the mass scale between M_W ≃ 10² GeV and M_X ≃ 10¹⁶ GeV, contrary to the usual supposition about grand unification.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	311-314
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	88
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(79)90475-1
State	Published - Dec 17 1979
Externally published	Yes

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