Scalar Spin of Elementary Fermions

Abstract

We show that, using the experimentally observed values of CKM and PMNS mixing matrices, all known elementary fermions can be assigned a new quantum number, the scalar spin, in a unique way. This is achieved without introduction of new degrees of freedom. The assignment implies that tau-neutrino should be an anti-Dirac spinor, while mu-tau leptons and charm-top, strange-bottom quarks form Dirac-anti-Dirac scalar spin doublets. The electron and its neutrino remain as originally described by Dirac.

19 pages. The version accepted to Physics Letters B

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• Extended Gauge Theory, Bi-Spinors, and Scalar Supersymmetry