Studies of lepton and quark interactions

Part I Proposed Experimental Tests of the Right-handed Weak Current All possible experiments which test the SU(2)_L x U(1)_R x U(1)_B-L model and SU(2)_L x SU(2)_R x U(1)_B-L model using the LEP e⁺e⁻ collider and HERA e⁻p collider are calculated and the most sensitive experiments are examined. Part II Semi-Phenomenological Theory of (Qq̅) System The (QQ̅) and (Qq̅) mesons are calculated using a QCD motivated potential model. It is discovered that by including a long distance relativistic correction term derived by Grome, the Coulomb + Linear potential works not only for c and b quarks, but s quark as well. The leptonic decay constants of various (Qq̅) mesons together with their masses are predicted. The topponium states are also discussed.

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

1985

Author dc:creator

• Wang, Ping

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Marshak, Robert E.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Abashian, A.
• Chang, Lay Nam
• Roper, L. David
• Arndt, Richard A.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

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• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53614

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/53614