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Standard-model coupling constants from compositeness

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-11-10 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

A coupling-constant definition is given based on the compositeness property of some particle states with respect to the elementary states of other particles. It is applied in the context of the vector-spin-1/2-particle interaction vertices of a field theory, and the standard model. The definition reproduces Weinberg's angle in a grand-unified theory. One obtains coupling values close to the experimental ones for appropriate configurations of the standard-model vector particles, at the unification scale within grand-unified models, and at the electroweak breaking scale.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0305211,
  title  = {Standard-model coupling constants from compositeness},
  author = {J. Besprosvany},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0305211},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages, 17 references