Gauge symmetries of electroweak interactions

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Int. J. Theor. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00669312· OSTI ID:6313307

Rajpoot, S

By considering the symmetries associated with baryon number and lepton number conservation as gauge symmetries, the underlying gauge symmetry of weak electromagnetic interactions is shown to be SU(2)/sub L/ x U(1) x U(1)/sub Baryon/ x U(1)/sub Lepton/. If right-handed currents exist on a par with the observed left-handed ones, then the full symmetry of electroweak interactions that emerges is SU(2)/sub L/ x SU(2)/sub R/ x U(1)/sub Baryon/ x U(1)/sub Lepton/. These symmetries offer a rich spectrum of massive neutral gauge bosons, one of which is the massive neutral boson of the standard SU(2)/sub L/ x U(1)/sub ..gamma../ model.

• Research Organization: Univ. of California, Riverside (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6313307
• Journal Information: Int. J. Theor. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: Int. J. Theor. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 27:6; ISSN IJTPB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS
BARYON NUMBER
BASIC INTERACTIONS
BOSONS
CABIBBO ANGLE
CHARGED CURRENTS
CURRENTS
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FIELD THEORIES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
INTERACTIONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
ISOSPIN
LEPTON NUMBER
LIE GROUPS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NEUTRAL CURRENTS
PARTICLE MODELS
PARTICLE PROPERTIES
PHOTONS
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUARKS
SU GROUPS
SU-2 GROUPS
SYMMETRY
SYMMETRY BREAKING
SYMMETRY GROUPS
U GROUPS
U-1 GROUPS
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
WEAK CHARGED CURRENTS
WEAK INTERACTIONS
WEAK NEUTRAL CURRENTS
WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL