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The chirality theorem

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-09-05 v4

Abstract

We show how chirality of the weak interactions stems from string independence in the string-local formalism of quantum field theory.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1702.03383,
  title  = {The chirality theorem},
  author = {José M. Gracia-Bondía and Jens Mund and Joseph C. Várilly},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.03383},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Latex, 31 pages. v2: minor changes, 3 references added, author order now alphabetical. v3: substantial rewrite to improve presentation, conclusions unchanged. v4: minor edits to match published version, one reference added. To appear in Annales Henri Poincar\'e

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