A model of leptons
197219 pages
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- Phys.Rev.D 6 (1972) 2494-2512
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Abstract: (APS)
A new model of leptons based on discrete scale transformations is proposed. It is shown that this model predicts a lepton mass spectrum consisting of an infinite series of electron-like and muonlike particles whose masses and charges are given by mn=meρn (ρ=mμme) Q=12e(1+n|n|). Particles with n positive are charged, those with n negative neutral. Possible weak coupling schemes of charged and neutral leptons are considered. The lepton with n=2 is a heavy electron at 22 GeV. Decay modes and production mechanisms of this particle are discussed. It is shown that, apart from high production cross sections needed to fit experimental data, some of the recently observed anomalies in cosmic-ray muons can be effects due to heavy leptons predicted by this model.- theory of elementary particles
- lepton
- mass: spectrum
- spectrum: mass
- lepton: coupling
- coupling: lepton
- postulated particle: heavy electron
- postulated particle: production
- production: postulated particle
- postulated particle: decay
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