Published November 15, 1979 | Version v1
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Dynamics of spontaneous symmetry breaking in the Weinberg-Salam theory

Creators

  • 1. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Description

We argue that the existence of fundamental scalar fields constitutes a serious flaw of the Weinberg-Salam theory. A possible scheme without such fields is described. The symmetry breaking is induced by a new strongly interacting sector whose natural scale is of the order of a few TeV

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
10
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
2619-2625
ISSN
0556-2821

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
11519913
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
COUPLING CONSTANTS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; MASS SPECTRA; SCALAR FIELDS; SELF-ENERGY; SU-3 GROUPS; SYMMETRY BREAKING; WEINBERG LEPTON MODEL; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY; FIELD THEORIES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPECTRA; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS