Research program in elementary particle theory. Progress report for period ending June 30, 1980. [Syracuse Univ]
The High Energy Theory Group at Syracuse conducted basic research in several areas of current interest. A great deal of progress was made in the understanding of systems with unusual topological properties. A variational formulation of the equations that govern spinning particles in general relativity was accomplished. Perturbative as well as nonperturbative properties (incorporated in an effective Lagrangian) of quantum chromodynamics aspects were investigated. The question concerning gauge fixing in non-Abelian gauge theories was studied. Several new phenomenological aspects of unified electroweak interactions were explored with the object of finding experimental tests for models other than the currently accepted Salam-Weinberg theory. A unified electroweak model based on the group (SU(2) x U(1)) x U'(1) was investigated to account for the repeated fermionic generations and to incorporate CP violations and explain the CP violation as well as the Cabibbo-like angles in terms of the quark masses. A unified theory for all interactions (with the exception of gravitational interactions) based on the group SU(5) x SU(5) was proposed. Finally, axially symmetric multi-instanton solutions were shown to be generated from a set of conformal mappings. The work performed is described briefly; references are given.
- Research Organization:
- Syracuse Univ., NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-S-02-3533
- OSTI ID:
- 5411265
- Report Number(s):
- COO-3533-161; TRN: 80-009003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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