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Bounds on Particle Masses in the Weinberg--Salam Model (1979)


Abstract

Various conditions necessary for the self-consistency of the Weinberg--Salam model are used to place constraints on fermion and Higgs Boson masses. We find that spontaneous symmetry breakdown cannot generate fermion masses in excess of about 300 GeV.

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