2007/11/08 by R. K. Nesbet, Nesbet, R. K.
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0711.1382
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The hypothesis is explored that fermion rest mass is due entirely to self-interaction via virtual excitation of gauge bosons. This requires revising the standard model to treat both chiral projections of a fermion field as SU(2) doublets, which precludes Yukawa coupling to a scalar (Higgs) boson field. The estimated self-interaction mass of the electron neutrino is 0.291×10-5me. The implied self-interaction mass of the Higgs boson itself is very small, comparable to the neutrino. Because there is no direct coupling to fermions, only to the Z0 gauge boson, this can be reconciled with failure to detect low-mass Higgs bosons. This argument eliminates many undetermined parameters of the standard model, but requires an \it ad hoc Lagrangian term to account for neutral current asymmetries. The proposed algebraic formalism is consistent with fermion generations defined by distinct eigenvalues of a self-interaction mass operator.