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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 ee by the induced electric charge eνinde_{\nu}^{ind} of neutrino within the phase factor connecting neutrino gauge invariant and non-invariant distribution functions.

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@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}
}

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12 pages, no figures, using elsart

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