2000/09/14 by V. Rizov, V.A. Rizov, Rizov, V. +3
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0009169
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We propose a three-fold covering of the group U(2) as a gauge group for the electroweak interactions for the purpose of describing fields with integer and fractional electric charges with respect to the residual electromagnetic gauge group after a spontaneous breaking of the gauge symmetry. In a more general scheme we construct a three-fold covering of U (n) and consider for the case n=2 several representations which are used in the construction of a model of the electroweak interactions in a subsequent paper.