Two consistent calculations of the Weinberg angle
- 1 April 1979
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics
- Vol. 5 (4), L55-L58
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4616/5/4/002
Abstract
The Weinberg-Salam theory is reformulated as a pure Yang-Mills theory in a six-dimensional space, the Higgs field being interpreted as gauge potentials in the additional dimensions. Viewed in this way, the condition that the Higgs field transforms as a U(1) representation of charge one is equivalent to requiring a value of 30 degrees for the Weinberg angle. A second consistent determination comes form the idea borrowed from monopole theory that the electromagnetic field is the direction of the Higgs field.Keywords
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