Published September 27, 2010
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Journal article
Mass mixing, the fourth generation, and the kinematic Higgs mechanism
Creators
- 1. Max-Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Noethnitzer Strasse 38, 01187 Dresden (Germany)
Description
We describe how to construct explicit chiral fermion mass terms using Dirac-Kaehler (DK) spinors. Classical massive DK spinors are shown to be equivalent to four generations of Dirac spinors with equal mass coupled to a background U(2,2) gauge field. Quantization breaks U(2,2) to U(2)xU(2), lifts mass spectrum degeneracy, and generates a non-trivial CKM mixing.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2010.07.046Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.physletb.2010.07.046;
- arXiv
- arXiv:1005.3593v4;
- PII
- S0370-2693(10)00898-1;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters. Section B
- Journal Volume
- 693
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Journal Page Range
- p. 149-154
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBAJ
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 42018182
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHIRALITY; FERMIONS; HIGGS BOSONS; HIGGS MODEL; MASS; MASS SPECTRA; QUANTIZATION; SPINORS; U-2 GROUPS
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; SPECTRA; SYMMETRY GROUPS; U GROUPS
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.