Published October 1989 | Version v1
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Fermion mass generation in chiral-symmetric gauge theories

Creators

  • 1. Kyoto Univ. (Japan). Research Inst. for Fundamental Physics

Description

The possibility of fermion mass generation in chiral-symmetric gauge theories has been examined by means of renormalization group equations. It is concluded that it is realized only for a particular value of the gauge coupling constant in a possible case. In QCD based on the color SU(3) gauge group an approximate calculation shows that fermion mass generation is feasible only when the number of quark flavors is equal to or larger than five. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Progress of Theoretical Physics (Kyoto)
Journal Volume
82
Journal Issue
4
Series
Prog. Theor. Phys. (Kyoto).
Journal Page Range
775-790
ISSN
0033-068X
CODEN
PTPKA

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
21030002
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CHIRAL SYMMETRY; COUPLING CONSTANTS; FERMIONS; FLAVOR MODEL; GAUGE INVARIANCE; QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS; RENORMALIZATION; REST MASS; SU-3 GROUPS
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUARK MODEL; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS