Testing the mechanism of lepton compositness
arXiv:2011.02301 · doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.10.3.062
Abstract
Strict gauge invariance requires that physical left-handed leptons are actually bound states of the elementary left-handed lepton doublet and the Higgs field within the standard model. That they nonetheless behave almost like pure elementary particles is explained by the Fröhlich-Morchio-Strocchi mechanism. Using lattice gauge theory, we test and confirm this mechanism for fermions. Though, due to the current inaccessibility of non-Abelian gauged Weyl fermions on the lattice, a model which contains vectorial leptons but which obeys all other relevant symmetries has been simulated.
15 Pages, 7 figures, v2:minor changes, submitted to SciPost, v3: Fig 1-2-4-5 updated, minor changes
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