1994/05/11 by J.J. Lodder, J. J. Lodder, Lodder, J. J.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/9405265
7pp
arxiv created 1994/05/11 · openalex publication_date 1994/05/11 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The bosonic contributions to the photon mass are shown to be of the same form as the fermionic contributions, but of opposite sign. A mass sum rule for bosons and fermions follows from gauge invariance. Assuming completeness of the standard model the top quark mass can be predicted. Effectively only the W-bosons contribute, giving a lowest order prediction of 85.1 GeV for the mass of top quark, on the low side of currently accepted estimates.