Abstract
It is shown that the formalism for eliminating vacuum degeneracy can be used to reduce the Heisenberg-Ivanenko nonlinear spinor Lagrangian to a Weinberg-type model Lagrangian of the weak and electromagnetic interactions.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
Literature cited
S. Weinberg, Phys. Rev. Lett.,19, 1264 (1967); and the following generalizations thereof: J. Schechter and Y. Ueda, Phys. Rev.,D2, 736 (1970); K. Tanaka, Phys. Rev.,D5, 3243 (1972); A. D. Dolgov, L. B. Okun, and V. I. Zakharov, Phys. Lett.,46B, 70 (1973).
D. D. Ivanenko and A. M. Brodskii, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR,84, 683 (1952); W. Heisenberg, Introduction to the Unified Field Theory of Elementary Particles, Wiley (1967).
D. Ivanenko, Nuovo Cimento,51A, 244 (1967).
A. I. Naumov, Vestn. Mosk. Univ. Fiz. Astron., No. 2 (1967); A. I. Naumov and Nguen Ngok Zao, Vestn. Mosk. Univ. Fiz. Astron., No. 1 (1972).
Y. Nambu and G. Jona-Lasinio, Phys. Rev.,122, 345 (1961).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 12, pp. 134–136; December, 1974.
I thank Professor D. Ivanenko for stimulating ideas and his constant interest and Dr. D. F. Kurdgelaidze for helpful discussions.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Zao, N.N. Nonlinear spinor theory and Weinberg's model. Soviet Physics Journal 17, 1746–1748 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00892890
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00892890