On the Topology of the Symmetry Group of the Standard Model

M. A. Aguilar, M. Socolovsky

We study the topological structure of the symmetry group of the standard model, $G_{SM}=U(1)\times SU(2)\times SU(3)$. Locally, $G_{SM}\cong S^1\times (S^3{)}^2\times S^5$. For SU(3)…