scholarly journals Are four-fermion operators relevant for the fermion mass problem?

1996 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 1068-1077 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Holdom
Keyword(s):  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Mass Problem

scholarly journals Effective Lagrangian approach to the fermion mass problem

1994 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 4773-4779
Author(s):  
D. S. Shaw ◽  
R. R. Volkas
Keyword(s):  
Lagrangian Approach ◽  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Mass Problem ◽  
Effective Lagrangian

Anti-grand unification and the fermion mass problem

1994 ◽  
Vol 414 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.D. Froggatt ◽  
G. Lowe ◽  
H.B. Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
Grand Unification ◽  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Mass Problem

scholarly journals Electroweak SU(2)L × U(1)Y model with strong spontaneously fermion-mass-generating gauge dynamics

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Beneš ◽  
Jiří Hošek ◽  
Adam Smetana
Keyword(s):  
Chiral Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Axial Vector ◽  
Higgs Sector ◽  
Dyson Equation ◽  
Mass Splitting ◽  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Goldstone Bosons ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Exploratory Stage ◽  
The Masses

Abstract Higgs sector of the Standard model (SM) is replaced by quantum flavor dynamics (QFD), the gauged flavor SU(3)f symmetry with scale Λ. Anomaly freedom requires addition of three νR. The approximate QFD Schwinger-Dyson equation for the Euclidean infrared fermion self-energies Σf(p2) has the spontaneous-chiral-symmetry-breaking solutions ideal for seesaw: (1) Σf(p2) = $$ {M}_{fR}^2/p $$ M fR 2 / p where three Majorana masses MfR of νfR are of order Λ. (2) Σf(p2) = $$ {m}_f^2/p $$ m f 2 / p where three Dirac masses mf = m(0)1 + m(3)λ3 + m(8)λ8 of SM fermions are exponentially suppressed w.r.t. Λ, and degenerate for all SM fermions in f. (1) MfR break SU(3)f symmetry completely; m(3), m(8) superimpose the tiny breaking to U(1) × U(1). All flavor gluons thus acquire self-consistently the masses ∼ Λ. (2) All mf break the electroweak SU(2)L × U(1)Y to U(1)em. Symmetry partners of the composite Nambu-Goldstone bosons are the genuine Higgs particles: (1) three νR-composed Higgses χi with masses ∼ Λ. (2) Two new SM-fermion-composed Higgses h3, h8 with masses ∼ m(3), m(8), respectively. (3) The SM-like SM-fermion-composed Higgs h with mass ∼ m(0), the effective Fermi scale. Σf(p2)-dependent vertices in the electroweak Ward-Takahashi identities imply: the axial-vector ones give rise to the W and Z masses at Fermi scale. The polar-vector ones give rise to the fermion mass splitting in f. At the present exploratory stage the splitting comes out unrealistic.

scholarly journals Axion assisted Schwinger effect

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Domcke ◽  
Yohei Ema ◽  
Kyohei Mukaida
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Production Rate ◽  
Strong Electric Field ◽  
Background Field ◽  
Chiral Anomaly ◽  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Anomaly Equation ◽  
Electric And Magnetic Fields ◽  
Schwinger Effect ◽  
Momentum Transverse

Abstract We point out an enhancement of the pair production rate of charged fermions in a strong electric field in the presence of time dependent classical axion-like background field, which we call axion assisted Schwinger effect. While the standard Schwinger production rate is proportional to $$ \exp \left(-\pi \left({m}^2+{p}_T^2\right)/E\right) $$ exp − π m 2 + p T 2 / E , with m and pT denoting the fermion mass and its momentum transverse to the electric field E, the axion assisted Schwinger effect can be enhanced at large momenta to exp(−πm2/E). The origin of this enhancement is a coupling between the fermion spin and its momentum, induced by the axion velocity. As a non-trivial validation of our result, we show its invariance under field redefinitions associated with a chiral rotation and successfully reproduce the chiral anomaly equation in the presence of helical electric and magnetic fields. We comment on implications of this result for axion cosmology, focussing on axion inflation and axion dark matter detection.

Gauge invariance and fermion mass dimensions

1980 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 1113-1115 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Elias
Keyword(s):  
Gauge Invariance ◽  
Fermion Mass

GROUND STATE CHARGE OF FERMION SOLITON SYSTEM IN 1+1 AND 3+1 DIMENSIONS

1993 ◽  
Vol 08 (04) ◽  
pp. 705-721
Author(s):  
M. RAVENDRANADHAN ◽  
M. SABIR
Keyword(s):  
Ground State ◽  
Energy State ◽  
Flow Analysis ◽  
Background Field ◽  
Bound State ◽  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Spectral Flow ◽  
Bound State Spectrum ◽  
Spectral Asymmetry ◽  
State Charge

Ground state charge of some fermion soliton system without C-invariance is calculated in 1+1 and 3+1 dimensions by a combination of adiabatic method and spectral flow analysis. Induced charge is calculated by evolving adiabatically the fields from a vacuum having a background field which has a zero energy state and spectral symmetry. The spectral flow is calculated by an analysis of the bound state spectrum. In 1+1 dimension our calculations are in agreement with the results already found in the literature. In 3+1 dimension we study the interaction of fermions with monopoles and dyons. In the case of monopoles, even though there is spectral asymmetry, ground state charge is found to be ±1/2. It is shown that ground state charge gets contribution only from the lowest angular momentum states and is discontinuous at the fermion mass.

scholarly journals Precision test of a Fermion mass texture

2001 ◽  
Vol 615 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 358-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.G. Roberts ◽  
A. Romanino ◽  
G.G. Ross ◽  
L. Velasco-Sevilla
Keyword(s):  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Precision Test

Unitarity Bound on the Scale of Fermion Mass Generation

1987 ◽  
Vol 59 (21) ◽  
pp. 2405-2407 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Appelquist ◽  
M. S. Chanowitz
Keyword(s):  
Fermion Mass ◽  
Mass Generation ◽  
Unitarity Bound
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