Syndetic Model of Fundamental Interactions

TL;DR

This paper proposes a syndetic model that extends the standard model to address the strong CP problem, dark matter, and neutrino masses within a single renormalizable framework with one Higgs boson.

Contribution

It introduces a novel unified model connecting key unresolved issues in particle physics and astrophysics with minimal Higgs content.

Findings

Addresses strong CP problem without new strong interactions

Provides a candidate for dark matter within the model

Explains nonzero neutrino masses in a unified framework

Abstract

The standard model of quarks and leptons is extended to connect three outstanding issues in particle physics and astrophysics: (1) the absence of strong CP nonconservation, (2) the existence of dark matter, and (3) the mechanism of nonzero neutrino masses, and that of the first family of quarks and leptons, all in the context of having only one Higgs boson in a renormalizable theory. Some phenomenological implications are discussed.