Abstract
We have constructed two chiral preon models based on the group SU(N)MC×SU(N+4)F×U(1)F (MC is gauged metacolor and F is global color flavor), the simplest (M=0) version of a class of models SU(N) MC×SU(N+M+4)F×SU(M)F×U(1)F 2 studied by bars and Yankielowicz. In contrast with earlier work, our models satisfy the principle of complementarity between the Higgs and confining phases. In one model, N=16 and four generations of ordinary quarks and leptons are found at the gauged SO(10) level. The second model predicts three quark-lepton families at the gauged SU(5) level without a right-handed neutrino. We also show that complementarity holds for the M 0 models but that, for N=15 or 16, the results at the gauged level are identical with the M=0 case. © 1987 The American Physical Society.