Published August 2005
| Version v1
Journal article
Gravitational contribution to fermion masses
Creators
- 1. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Instituto de Matematicas y Fisica Fundamental, Madrid (Spain)
Description
In the context of a non-linear gauge theory of the Poincare group, we show that covariant derivatives of Dirac fields include a coupling to the translational connections, manifesting itself in the matter action as a universal background mass contribution to fermions. (orig.)
Availability note (English)
Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s2005-02312-0Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- European Physical Journal. C
- Journal Volume
- 42
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Journal Page Range
- p. 437-444
- ISSN
- 1434-6044
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- Germany
- INIS RN
- 36087897
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- FERMIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS; NONLINEAR PROBLEMS; POINCARE GROUPS; REST MASS; SPINOR FIELDS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INTERACTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY GROUPS