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It was previously noted that SU(5) unification can be achieved via the simple addition of light scalar leptoquarks from two split 10 multiplets. We explore the parameter space of this model in detail and find that unification requires at least one leptoquark to have mass below ≈ 16 TeV. We point out that introducing splitting of the 24 allows the unification scale to be raised beyond 1016 GeV, while a U(1)PQ symmetry can be imposed to forbid dangerous proton decay mediated by the light leptoquarks. The latest bounds from LHC searches are combined and we find that a leptoquark as light as 400 GeV is still permitted. Finally, we discuss the interesting possibility that the leptoquarks required for unification could also be responsible for the 2.6σ deviation observed in the ratio R K at LHCb.
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Cox, P., Kusenko, A., Sumensari, O. et al. SU(5) unification with TeV-scale leptoquarks. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 35 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2017)035
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