Abstract
We suggest that the meson is a dynamical gauge boson of a hidden local symmetry in the non-linear chiral Lagrangian. The origin of the -meson mass is understood as the Higgs mechanism of the hidden local symmetry. The low-energy dynamics of , , and matter fields, including the Kawarabayashi-Suzuki-Riazuddin-Fayyazuddin relation and -coupling universality, is consistently described in this new framework. The electromagnetic interaction can be introduced in a unique manner, which gives a successful explanation of dominance of the photon coupling.
- Received 4 September 1984
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1215
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