# Symmetry Breaking and Proton Decay in Spectral Pati-Salam Model

## TL;DR

This paper examines the spectral Pati-Salam model's scalar potential, revealing it cannot produce a suitable vacuum for breaking to the standard model, yet it remains free of proton decay despite certain vertices.

## Contribution

It demonstrates the limitations of the spectral Pati-Salam model's scalar potential in achieving proper symmetry breaking.

## Key findings

- Scalar potential does not yield a suitable vacuum for standard model breaking
- Model remains proton decay free despite diquark and leptoquark vertices
- Highlights challenges in spectral Pati-Salam model construction

## Abstract

We show the scalar potential in the spectral Pati-Salam model does not provide a suitable vacuum to break to the standard model. We see this potential is proton decay free although diquark and leptoquark vertices exist.