An economical model for $B$-flavour and $a_\mu$ anomalies from SO(10) grand unification

Abstract

We investigate an $\mathrm{SO}(10)$ grand unification scenario where the complex 10-dimensional scalar multiplet, containing the Standard Model (SM) Higgs boson, resides at the TeV scale altogether. The resulting low-energy model is a 2-Higgs-doublet model augmented with two $S_1$-type leptoquarks. The gauge-coupling unification is achieved with only one intermediate scale at which the Pati-Salam gauge group is broken down to the SM. Proton stability is ensured by a discrete symmetry, leftover from the breaking of the U(1)$_{\mathrm{PQ}}$ global symmetry. The axion corresponding to this broken U(1)$_{\mathrm{PQ}}$ provides a solution to the strong CP problem, and also serves as an important dark matter candidate. We discuss how the simultaneous explanation for the $R_{D^{(*)}}$ and $a_\mu$ anomalies comes about in the model, and investigate some of its phenomenological implications.