Asymptotic behavior of amplitudes for longitudinal-leptoquark processes and structure of the scalar sector in the minimal model involving four-color symmetry

Within the minimal model based on the four-color symmetry of quarks and leptons of the Pati-Salam type, the asymptotic behavior of amplitudes for processes involving longitudinal leptoquarks (and W or Z′ bosons) is investigated, together with the mechanism according to which the growth of these amplitudes at high energies is suppressed by scalar fields. It is shown that, within the Higgs mechanism of mass generation and of the mass splitting of quarks and leptons, the four-color symmetry of quarks and leptons requires that scalar-leptoquark doublets, scalar-gluon doublets, and an extra color-singlet scalar doublet exist in addition to the standard Higgs doublet.