Dynamics of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in the Weinberg-Salam Theory

@article{Susskind1979DynamicsOS,
  title={Dynamics of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in the Weinberg-Salam Theory},
  author={Leonard Susskind},
  journal={Physical Review D},
  year={1979},
  volume={20},
  pages={2619-2625}
}
  • L. Susskind
  • Published 15 November 1979
  • Physics
  • Physical Review D
We argue that the existence of fundamental scalar fields constitutes a serious flaw of the Weinberg-Salam theory. A possible scheme without such fields is described. The symmetry breaking is induced by a new strongly interacting sector whose natural scale is of the order of a few TeV. 
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