Dynamics of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in the Weinberg-Salam Theory
@article{Susskind1979DynamicsOS,
title={Dynamics of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in the Weinberg-Salam Theory},
author={L. Susskind},
journal={Physical Review D},
year={1979},
volume={20},
pages={2619-2625}
}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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