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Unified spin gauge model and the top quark mass

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Spin gauge models use a real Clifford algebraic structure Rp,q associated with a real manifold of dimension p + q to describe the fundamental interactions of elementary particles. This review provides a comparison between those models and the standard model, indicating their similarities and differences. By contrast with the standard model, the spin gauge model based on R3,8 generates intermediate boson mass terms without the need to use the Higgs-Kibble mechanism and produces a precise prediction for the mass of the top quark. The potential of this model to account for exactly three families of fermions is considered.

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  1. Institute of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK

    J. S. R. Chisholm

  2. Faculty of Information Technology, University of Brighton, Brighton, East Sussex, UK

    R. S. Farwell

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Chisholm, J.S.R., Farwell, R.S. Unified spin gauge model and the top quark mass. Found Phys 25, 1511–1522 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02057464

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