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A unified theory of weak and electromagnetic interaction has been developed on the basis of the assumption that the charge and mass of a lepton is of dynamical origin. According to this model, the spontaneous breakdown of symmetry generates the photon as a Goldstone boson.
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Bandyopadhyay, P. On a unified theory of electromagnetism and weak interaction. Int J Theor Phys 8, 323–330 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00687088
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