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We show that in SO(10) models, a Yukawa sector consisting of a real 10H, a real 120H and a complex 126H of Higgs fields can provide a realistic fit to all fermion masses and mixings, including the neutrino sector. Although the group theory of SO(10) demands that the 10H and 120H be real, most constructions complexify these fields and impose symmetries exterior to SO(10) to achieve predictivity. The proposed new framework with real 10H and real 120H relies only on SO(10) gauge symmetry, and yet has a limited number of Yukawa parameters. Our analysis shows that while there are restrictions on the observables, a good fit to the entire fermion spectrum can be realized. Unification of gauge couplings is achieved with an intermediate scale Pati-Salam gauge symmetry. Proton decay branching ratios are calculable, with the leading decay modes being \( p\to \overline{\nu}{\pi}^{+} \) and p → e +π0.
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Babu, K.S., Bajc, B. & Saad, S. Yukawa sector of minimal SO(10) unification. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 136 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2017)136
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