2006/11/29 by H. M. Chan, Hong-Mo Chan, Chan, H. M. +3
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #advanced mathematical theories #hep-ph #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0611363
24 pages
arxiv created 2006/11/29 · openalex publication_date 2006/11/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
An earlier suggestion that scalar fields in gauge theory may be introduced as frame vectors or vielbeins in internal symmetry space, and so endowed with geometric significance, is here sharpened and refined. Applied to a u(1) × su(2) theory this gives exactly the Higgs structure of the standard electroweak theory. Applied to an su(3) theory, it gives a structure having much in common with a phenomenological model previously constructed to explain fermion mixing and mass hierarchy. The difference in physical outcome for the two theories is here traced to the difference in structure between the two symmetry groups.