Abstract
Weinberg-Salam theory is reconstructed using the generalized differential calculus extended on the discrete space ×. According to Chamseddine and co-workers, we introduce the field (x,y) which is the square-matrix-valued function defined on ×. The generalized gauge field is expressed as A(x,y)= (x,y)(x,y), where scrd=d+ is a generalized exterior derivative. We can construct the consistent algebra of which is an exterior derivative with respect to . The spontaneous breakdown of gauge symmetry is coded in with the introduction of the symmetry-breaking function M(y). The gauge field (x,y) and Higgs field Φ(x,y) are written in terms of (x,y) and M(y), which may indicate (x,y) is a more fundamental object. Not only the Yang-Mills-Higgs Lagrangian but also the Dirac Lagrangian is reproduced through the inner product between the differential forms in a completely gauge-invariant way.
- Received 1 November 1993
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.50.1016
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