Gauge invariance and weak forces in an isotropic medium
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We demonstrate that the neutrino kinetic equation derived by the standard Bogolyubov method is formally gauge non-invariant and give a recipe how to recast it to the gauge invariant form recovering the standard Lorentz form weak force term which apparently conserves the lepton current. The analogy with the QED plasma case is traced which in asymptotic regions implies substitution of electric charge by the induced electric charge of neutrino within the phase factor connecting neutrino gauge invariant and non-invariant distribution functions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0201259,
title = {Gauge invariance and weak forces in an isotropic medium},
author = {A. I. Rez and V. B. Semikoz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0201259},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
12 pages, no figures, using elsart