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Phys. Rev. Lett. 38, 1237–1240 (1977)

SU(3) ⊗ U(1) Gauge Theory of the Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions

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Benjamin W. Lee*
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510

Steven Weinberg
Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305

Received 12 April 1977; published in the issue dated 30 May 1977

We describe an extension of the gauge theory of weak and electromagnetic interactions to SU(3) ⊗ U(1). The extended theory naturally insures universality, absence of right-handed currents in β and muon decay, flavor conservation in neutral currents, etc.; gives good quantitative agreement with observations of neutral currents; and accounts for recently observed trimuon events.

© 1977 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.1237
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.38.1237
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*Operated by Universities Research Association Inc. under contract with the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration.

On leave from Harvard University.