Intermediate scale as a source of lepton flavor violation in SUSY SO(10)
Abstract
In supersymmetric SO(10) grand unified models, we examine the lepton flavor violation process
μ→eγ
from having the SU(2)
R
×
U(1)
B−L
gauge symmetry broken at an intermediate scale
M
I
below the SO(10) grand unification scale
M
G
. Even in the case that supersymmetry is broken by universal soft terms introduced at the scale
M
G
, we find significant rates for
μ→eγ
with
M
I
∼
10
12
GeV or less. These rates are further enhanced if the universal soft terms appear at a scale greater than
M
G
.