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We present a framework for a flavored Grand Unification Theory (flavored-GUT) rooted in string-derived supergravity framework, in which fundamental consistency conditions (Anomaly cancellation and Gauge coupling unification) govern both gauge and flavor structures. Going beyond the conventional grand unification, the framework seeks to unify the Standard Model gauge interactions with the origin of fermion flavor.
The flavored-GUT predicts the QCD axion mass and accounts for the observed hierarchies of quark and lepton masses and mixings. The resulting axion naturally resolves the strong CP problem and provides a dark matter candidate. Our results suggest that gauge unification, flavor, and axion physics may emerge as interconnected consequences of fundamental consistency conditions in the UV theory.
