Gauge Symmetries and Vector-Boson Self Interactions
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2009-10-28 v2
Abstract
I review why we believe the electromagnetic, strong, and weak interactions are gauge theories, and what this implies for the self interactions of the gauge bosons. The modern point of view regarding non-renormalizable effective field theories is emphasized.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9504416,
title = {Gauge Symmetries and Vector-Boson Self Interactions},
author = {S. Willenbrock},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9504416},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
15 pages, Revtex. Figures added. Published in the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Vector-Boson Self Interactions, AIP Conference Proceedings No. 350, edited by U. Baur, S. Errede, and T. Muller