Origin and properties of the Higgs field
Conference
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OSTI ID:5502287
It is suggested that the Higgs field in the Weinberg-Salam theory is not fundamental, but made of anti e/sub R/e/sub L/ pairs, which are analogous to Cooper pairs in superconductivity. The pair anti e/sub R/e/sub L/ forms a bound state by virtue of the Coulomb interaction. Thus, there will be no Higgs bosons, only vortex ring excitations. By a variational calculation, the mass of a vortex ring containing the Z/sup 0/ field is estimated to be greater than 1000 GeV/c/sup 2/. Its decay will be spectacular. 6 figures, 1 table.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA); Academia Sinica, Beijing (China). Inst. of High Energy Physics
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-02-3069
- OSTI ID:
- 5502287
- Report Number(s):
- COO-3069-748; CONF-800120-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DECAY
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTRON PAIRS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
HIGGS BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
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MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSONS
BOUND STATE
COOPER PAIRS
COULOMB FIELD
DECAY
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTRON PAIRS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
HIGGS BOSONS
INTERMEDIATE BOSONS
MASS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
VARIATIONAL METHODS
WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL