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<p>It has recently been shown that when <i>N</i><sub><i>f</i></sub> generations of chiral fermions are coupled in a specific manner to <i>N</i> (with <i>N</i> ≥ 2<i>N</i><sub><i>f</i></sub> <i>−</i> 1) pairs of vectorlike fermions whose mass terms form a one-dimensional lattice-like structure in theory space, locality along the lattice ensures that only a single fermion generation acquires a mass at tree level. Radiative corrections can induce controlled departures from locality in the latticised space, thereby generating suppressed but non-vanishing masses for the remaining <i>N</i><sub><i>f</i></sub> <i>−</i> 1 generations. In this work, we present an explicit implementation of this mechanism to address the flavour hierarchies of the Standard Model. After delineating the minimal extensions of the gauge, scalar, and Yukawa sectors required for feasible implementation of the mechanism, we demonstrate that the framework successfully reproduces the observed charged-fermion mass spectrum and quark mixing pattern. We analyse the new-physics effects arising from the extended sectors and confront them with existing constraints from direct, indirect searches and precision measurements. It is shown that a viable realisation of the mechanism allows the spectrum of vectorlike fermions and additional gauge boson to lie at scales as low as 𝒪(5) TeV with the lightest states typically corresponding to top partners. This stands in sharp contrast to conventional radiative mass-generation scenarios, in which phenomenological constraints typically impose a lower bound on the new-physics scale of order a few hundred to several thousand TeV.</p>

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Flavour hierarchies from radiative corrections in latticised theory space

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    2026年7月16日

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  • Gurucharan Mohanta,
  • Ketan M. Patel

摘要

It has recently been shown that when Nf generations of chiral fermions are coupled in a specific manner to N (with N ≥ 2Nf − 1) pairs of vectorlike fermions whose mass terms form a one-dimensional lattice-like structure in theory space, locality along the lattice ensures that only a single fermion generation acquires a mass at tree level. Radiative corrections can induce controlled departures from locality in the latticised space, thereby generating suppressed but non-vanishing masses for the remaining Nf − 1 generations. In this work, we present an explicit implementation of this mechanism to address the flavour hierarchies of the Standard Model. After delineating the minimal extensions of the gauge, scalar, and Yukawa sectors required for feasible implementation of the mechanism, we demonstrate that the framework successfully reproduces the observed charged-fermion mass spectrum and quark mixing pattern. We analyse the new-physics effects arising from the extended sectors and confront them with existing constraints from direct, indirect searches and precision measurements. It is shown that a viable realisation of the mechanism allows the spectrum of vectorlike fermions and additional gauge boson to lie at scales as low as 𝒪(5) TeV with the lightest states typically corresponding to top partners. This stands in sharp contrast to conventional radiative mass-generation scenarios, in which phenomenological constraints typically impose a lower bound on the new-physics scale of order a few hundred to several thousand TeV.