Horizontal $U(1)_H$ symmetry: a non-anomalous model

Abstract

Spontaneously broken Abelian gauge symmetries can explain the fermion mass hierarchies of the minimal supersymmetric standard model. In most cases it is assumed that the $U(1)_H$ symmetry is anomalous. However, non-anomalous models are also viable and yield an interesting phenomenology. Cancellation of the gauge anomalies implies the following results: unification of leptons and down-type quarks Yukawa couplings is allowed at most for two generations. The $\mu$ term is necessarily somewhat below the supersymmetry breaking scale. The superpotential has accidental $B$ and $L$ symmetries, and R-parity is automatically conserved in the supersymmetric limit. Anomaly canncellation also implies that the determinant of the quark mass matrix must vanish, wich is possible only if $m_{up}=0$. This solves the strong CP problem and provides an unambiguous low energy test of the model.