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The Continuum Limit of a Fermion System Involving Leptons and Quarks: Strong, Electroweak and Gravitational Interactions

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Part of the book series: Fundamental Theories of Physics ((FTPH,volume 186))

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The causal action principle is analyzed for a system of relativistic fermions composed of massive Dirac particles and neutrinos. In the continuum limit, we obtain an effective interaction described by classical gravity as well as the strong and electroweak gauge fields of the standard model.

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Finster, F. (2016). The Continuum Limit of a Fermion System Involving Leptons and Quarks: Strong, Electroweak and Gravitational Interactions. In: The Continuum Limit of Causal Fermion Systems. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 186. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42067-7_5

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