Published December 15, 1998 | Version v1
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Conformal symmetry and unification

Creators

  • 1. Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Warsaw (Poland)

Description

The Weyl-Weinberg-Salam model is presented. It is based on the local conformal gauge symmetry. The model identifies the Higgs scalar field in SM with the Penrose-Chernikov-Tagirov scalar field of the conformal theory of gravity. Higgs mechanism for generation of particle masses is replaced by the originated in Weyl's ideas conformal gauge scale fixing. Scalar field is no longer a dynamical field of the model and does not lead to quantum particle-like excitations that could be observed in HE experiments. Cosmological constant is naturally generated by the scalar quadric term. Weyl vector bosons can be present in the theory and can mix with photon--Z-boson system

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.57106;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-th/9808021v1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
453
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 394-403
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
Conference on particles, fields and gravitation
Dates
15-19 Apr 1998
Place
Lodz (Poland)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40073075
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; EXCITATION; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; HIGGS BOSONS; HIGGS MODEL; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; PHOTONS; REST MASS; SCALAR FIELDS; SU-2 GROUPS; WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL; Z NEUTRAL BOSONS
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MASS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RELATIVITY THEORY; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES

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Notes
(c) 1998 American Institute of Physics.