The Substructure of the Weak Bosons and the Weak Mixing Angle

Nov, 1981
3 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 109 (1982) 224-226
  • Published: 1982
Report number:
  • CERN-TH-3203

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
In models in which the weak intermediate bosons are bound states consisting of spin 1 2 constituents the effective neutral current mixing angle sin 2 θ W is related to the W wave function at the origin. Dynamical constraints for the bound state structure of the W-boson follow. Although the observed value of sin 2 θ W is rather large, it seems possible to obtain the observed value in a dynamical mixing scheme. The weak bosons are extended objects, whose sizes are of the order of 10 −16 cm.
  • INTERMEDIATE BOSON: MODEL
  • MODEL: COMPOSITE
  • NEUTRAL CURRENT
  • WEAK INTERACTION: WEINBERG ANGLE
  • WEINBERG ANGLE: WEAK INTERACTION
  • POSTULATED PARTICLE: W+
  • POSTULATED PARTICLE: W-
  • POSTULATED PARTICLE: Z0
  • MODEL: EXTENDED PARTICLE
  • MODEL: WEAK INTERACTION