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Is Left-Right Symmetry the Key?

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2017-03-08 v2 High Energy Physics - Experiment History and Philosophy of Physics

Abstract

In collaboration with Jogesh Pati, Abdus Salam challenged the chiral gauge nature of the Standard Model by paving the road towards the Left-Right symmetric electro-weak theory. I describe here the logical and historical construction of this theory, by emphasising the pioneering and key role it played for neutrino mass. I show that it is a self-contained and predictive model with the Higgs origin of Majorana neutrino mass, in complete analogy with the SM situation regarding charged fermions.

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@article{arxiv.1610.04209,
  title  = {Is Left-Right Symmetry the Key?},
  author = {Goran Senjanovic},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.04209},
  year   = {2017}
}

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Added a reference, some phrasing changed (abstract and prologue)

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