Fermions on an interval: Quark and lepton masses without a Higgs

Csaba Csáki, Christophe Grojean, Jay Hubisz, Yuri Shirman, John Terning

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Abstract

We consider fermions on an extra dimensional interval. We find the boundary conditions at the ends of the interval that are consistent with the variational principle, and explain which ones arise in various physical circumstances. We apply these results to Higgsless models of electroweak symmetry breaking, where electroweak symmetry is not broken by a scalar vacuum expectation value, but rather by the boundary conditions of the gauge fields. We show that it is possible to find a set of boundary conditions for bulk fermions that would give a realistic fermion mass spectrum without the presence of a Higgs scalar, and present some sample fermion mass spectra for the standard model quarks and leptons as well as their resonances.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number015012
Pages (from-to)015012-1-015012-18
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume70
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2004
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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