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On gluon masses, colour symmetry, and a possible massive ninth gluon

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Gluons acquire a determinate mass from quark loop radiative corrrections and self-interaction, when these are recomputed with the symmetrical theory of generalised functions. The colour symmetry may be~U(3)U(3) instead of~SU(3)SU(3). The symmetry breaks spontaneously and the ninth colour~SU(3)SU(3) singlet gluon acquires a very large mass. There may be some experimental support for its existence.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9606317,
  title  = {On gluon masses, colour symmetry, and a possible massive ninth gluon},
  author = {J. J. Lodder},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9606317},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Plain TeX, 6 pages, figs. of trivial Feynman diagrams to be added