Fermions in asymptotically free theories
Author(s) -
Chong-Leong Ong
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
physical review. d. particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/physical review. d. particles and fields
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1089-4918
pISSN - 0556-2821
DOI - 10.1103/physrevd.25.1727
Subject(s) - fermion , physics , asymptotic freedom , dimension (graph theory) , gauge theory , rank (graph theory) , particle physics , connection (principal bundle) , spectrum (functional analysis) , mathematical physics , lepton , degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , theoretical physics , quark , gauge group , quantum electrodynamics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics , mathematics , combinatorics , electron , geometry
It is shown that the dimension of a gauge group exceeds a critical value N/sub c/, the only types of asymptotic-freedom-allowed representations for fermions are vector and second-rank tensors. A possible connection between this observation and the quark-lepton spectrum is discussed.
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