Exotic new quarks and dynamical symmetry breaking

William J. Marciano
Phys. Rev. D 21, 2425 – Published 15 April 1980
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Abstract

Exotic quarks belonging to 6, 8, 10, or higher representations of SU(3)c (quantum chromodynamics) naturally interact more strongly than conventional 3-plet quarks. Therefore, chiral-symmetry breaking in exotic quark sectors may occur at much larger mass scales than ordinary chiral-symmetry breaking. If those mass scales are about 103 times larger, then when appended to the Weinberg-Salam model exotic quark-antiquark bound-state condensates could dynamically break the flavor SU(2) × U(1) gauge symmetry and produce viable W± and Z0 masses which satisfy MW=MZcosθW. Features of this scenario are described.

  • Received 19 December 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.21.2425

©1980 American Physical Society

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William J. Marciano

  • The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021

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Vol. 21, Iss. 8 — 15 April 1980

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