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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Composite models of quarks and leptons

Abstract

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We review the various constraints on composite models of quarks and leptons. Some dynamical mechanisms for chiral symmetry breaking in chiral preon models are discussed. We have constructed several "realistic candidate" chiral preon models satisfying complementarity between the Higgs and confining phases. The models predict three to four generations of ordinary quarks and leptons.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Physics
Department dc:contributor.department
Physics
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Year dc:date.issued
1987

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Geng, Chaqiang
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Marshak, Robert E.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Chang, Lay Nam
  • Mo, Luke W.
  • Tze, Chia H.
  • Zia, Royce K. P.

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en_US

Identifiers

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Handle dc:identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76097
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/76097

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Geng, Chaqiang. Composite models of quarks and leptons. doctoral thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/76097