Chiral Symmetry and the Pion Mass

P. B. Kantor and J. L. Pietenpol
Phys. Rev. Lett. 21, 241 – Published 22 July 1968
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Abstract

The realization of chiral SU(2) ⊗ SU(2) symmetry by nonlinear field transformations is considered from the standpoint of axiomatic field theory. We show that the communication relations of chiral symmetry are incompatible with the assumption that the pion has nonzero mass.

  • Received 5 June 1968

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.21.241

©1968 American Physical Society

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P. B. Kantor and J. L. Pietenpol

  • Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

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Vol. 21, Iss. 4 — 22 July 1968

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