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As discussed in Sect. 1.4, the electroweak interactions of fermions exhibit a symmetry under the group SU(2)w × U(1)Y. Promoting this symmetry to a gauge symmetry yields a gauge theory of the electroweak interaction. However, in contrast to the gauge bosons of the electromagnetic and of the strong interaction, the electroweak gauge bosons are massive. Therefore, the formulation of a gauge theory for the electroweak interaction requires a new concept, spontaneous symmetry breaking. By applying this concept to gauge theories we arrive at the only known form for a renormalizable quantum field theory for the weak interaction with massive gauge bosons.
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Böhm, M., Denner, A., Joos, H. (2001). Gauge theories of the electroweak interaction. In: Gauge Theories of the Strong and Electroweak Interaction. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-80160-9_4
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