Octonion Internal Space Algebra for the Standard Model

DOI10.3390/UNIVERSE9050222arXiv2206.06912MaRDI QIDQ6402068FDOQ6402068

Publication date: 14 June 2022

Abstract: Our search for an appropriate notion of internal space for the fundamental particles starts with the Clifford algebra

C e l l_{10}

with gamma matrices expressed as left multiplication by octonion units times a pair of Pauli matrices. Fixing an imaginary octonion unit allows to write

m a t h b b O = m a t h b b C o p l u s {m a t h b b C}^{3}

reflecting the lepton-quark symmetry. We identify the preserved unit with the

C e l l_{6}

pseudoscalar,

o m e g a_{6} = g a m m a_{1} c d o t s g a m m a_{6}

. It is fixed by the Pati-Salam subgroup of

S p i n (10)

,

G_{m P S} = S p i n (4) i m e s S p i n (6) / {m a t h b b Z}_{2}

, which respects the splitting

C e l l_{10} = C e l l_{4} h a t o t i m e s C e l l_{6}

, while

c a l P = f r a c 12 (1 - i o m e g a_{6})

is the projector on the 16-dimensional particle subspace (annihilating the antiparticles). We express the generators of the subalgebras

C e l l_{4}

and

C e l l_{6}

in terms of fermionic oscillators describing flavour and colour, respectively. The standard model gauge group appears as the subgroup of

G_{P S}

that preserves the sterile neutrino (identified with the Fock vacuum). The

m a t h b b Z_{2}

-graded internal space algebra

m a t h c a l A

is then included in the projected tensor product:

m a t h c a l A s u b s e t m a t h c a l P C e l l_{10} m a t h c a l P = C e l l_{4} o t i m e s C e l l_{6}^{0}

. The Higgs field appears as the scalar term of a superconnection, an element of the odd part,

C e l l_{4}^{1}

, of the first factor. As an application we express the ratio

f r a c m_{H} m_{W}

of the Higgs to the

W

-boson masses in terms of the cosine of the theoretical Weinberg angle.

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