Published December 20, 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

The strong, electromagnetic and weak couplings

Creators

  • 1. Oxford Univ. (UK). Dept. of Theoretical Physics

Description

A brief review, aimed at non-specialists, is given of present knowledge of the parameters needed to describe strong and electroweak interactions at energies up to a few hundred GeV. Empirical evidence that the strong and electroweak couplings converge to a single 'grand unified' coupling at much higher energies is reviewed and the uncertainties in the calculation of the proton lifetime in the minimal SU(5) theory are discussed. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, Ser. A
Journal Volume
310
Journal Issue
1512
Series
Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London, Ser. A.
Journal Page Range
253-259
ISSN
0080-4614