MSc Theses' Abstracts
The Role of Grassmann Variables in Field Theory and Particle Physics
Jusak Sali Kosasih, 1994.
An alternative formulation of $SU(2)_{L} \times U(1)_{Y}$ electroweak
theory is presented in which four extra real Grassmann coordinates are appended to space-time coordinates.
One family of lepton and its neutrino is imbedded in one Lorentz spinor bosonic
superfield and the Higgs fields are imbedded in another Lorentz scalar bosonic superfield. The
correct standard form of Yukawa interaction appears from a
trilinear interaction of these superfields, but the spontaneously symmetry
breaking cannot be reproduced from the analogous quartic super-Higgs potential.
The $SU(2)_{L} \times U(1)_{Y}$ multiplet structure can be assigned to
the component fields by introducing the corresponding generators acting in Grassmann manifold.
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