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A Farewell To Unimodularity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We interpret the unimodularity condition in almost commutative geometries as central extensions of spin lifts. In Connes' formulation of the standard model this interpretation allows to compute the hypercharges of the fermions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0104038,
  title  = {A Farewell To Unimodularity},
  author = {S. Lazzarini and T. Schucker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0104038},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

LaTeX, 16 pages, Dedicated to the memory of Daniel Testard