{
  "id": "hep-ph/0606176",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2006-06-16T02:57:00.000Z",
  "updated": "2006-09-14T20:40:15.000Z",
  "title": "Self-interaction and mass in quantum field theory",
  "authors": [
    "R. K. Nesbet"
  ],
  "comment": "Revised text",
  "categories": [
    "hep-ph",
    "gr-qc",
    "hep-ex",
    "hep-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "Qualitative implications of electroweak theory are reconsidered on the assumption that the unique source of fermion rest mass is self-interaction via coupling to gauge fields. This implies small but nonzero mass for neutrinos, and suggests that successive fermion generations are distinct coupled-field eigenstates of a self-interaction mass operator. For a scalar Higgs field, this mechanism can account for the SU(2) symmetry breaking of electroweak theory without a biquadratic self-interaction. The implied Higgs particle mass could be very small, eluding any search limited to heavy particles.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2006-09-14T20:40:15.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "11.15.Ex",
      "11.15.-q",
      "12.15.-y"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "quantum field theory",
      "electroweak theory",
      "implied higgs particle mass",
      "fermion rest mass",
      "scalar higgs field"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 719466,
      "adsabs": "2006hep.ph....6176N"
    }
  }
}