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We consider the possibility that the preons defined by the SLq(2) extension of the Standard Model may be identified with Schwinger dyons. The SLq(2) extension is here presented as a model that may exist in either a currently observable electric phase or in a magnetic phase that is predicted but currently unobservable., Comment: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1511.07919 and substantial text overlap with arXiv:1809.03324

A gauged SU q (2) theory is characterized by two dual algebras, the first lying close to the Lie algebra of SU(2) while the second introduces new degrees of freedom that may be associated with nonlocality or solitonic structure. The first and second algebras, here called the external and internal algebras respectively, define two sets of fields, also called external and internal. The gauged external fields agree with the Weinberg–Salam model at the level of the doublet representation but differ at the level of the adjoint representation. For example, the g-factor of the charged W-boson differs in the two models. The gauged internal fields remain speculative but are analogous to color fields.

When the symmetry of a physical theory describing a finite system is deformed by replacing its Lie group by the corresponding quantum group, the operators and state function will lie in a new algebra describing new degrees of freedom. If the symmetry of a field theory is deformed in this way, the enlarged state space will again describe additional degrees of freedom, and the energy levels will acquire fine structure. The massive particles will have a stringlike spectrum lifting the degeneracy of the point-particle theory, and the resulting theory will have a non-local description. Theories of this kind naturally contain two sectors with one sector lying close to the standard theory while the second sector describes particles that should be more difficult to observe., Comment: 7 pages, TeX file

One may attempt to implementq-symmetry in field theory by replacing commutators byq-commutators. The quantized field is then described byq-oscillators. This program encounters a basic difficulty, however, when one demands either causality or consistency between the twin requirements of causality and positive energy. Independent of the preceding remark, one notes that the Einstein-Bose and Fermi-Dirac thermal distributions appear as limiting cases of the quantizedq-field whenq = ± 1.

The q-electroweak theory suggests a description of elementary particles as solitons labelled by the irreducible representations of SU_q(2). Since knots may also be labelled by the irreducible representations of SU_q(2), we study a model of elementary particles based on a one-to-one correspondence between the four families of Fermions (leptons, neutrinos, (-1/3) quarks, (2/3) quarks) and the four simplest knots (trefoils). In this model the three particles of each family are identified with the ground and first two excited states of their common trefoil. Guided by the standard electroweak theory we calculate conditions restricting the masses of the fermions and the interactions between them. In its present form the model predicts a fourth generation of fermions as well as a neutrino spectrum. The same model with q almost equal to 1 is compatible with the Kobayashi-Maskawa matrix. Depending on the test of these predictions, the model may be refined., Comment: 40 pages, 2 figures, latex format

We attempt to go beyond the standard electroweak theory by replacing SU(2) with its q-deformation: SU_q(2). This step introduces new degrees of freedom that we interpret as indicative of non-locality and as a possible basis for a solitonic model of the elementary particles. The solitons are conjectured to be knotted flux tubes labelled by the irreducible representations of SU_q(2), an alglebra which is not only closely related to the standard theory but also plays an underlying role in the description of knots. Each of the four families of elementary fermions is conjectured to be represented by one of the four possible trefoils. The three individual fermions belonging to any family are then assumed to occupy the three lowest states in the excitation spectrum of the local trefoil for that family. One finds a not unreasonable variation of q among the lepton and quark families. The model in its present form predicts a fourth generation of fermions as well as a neutrino mass spectrum. The model may be refined depending on whether or not the fourth generation is found., 10 pages, Latex file; changed content

We have examined the deformation of a generic non-Abelian gauge theory obtained by replacing its Lie group by the corresponding quantum group. This deformed gauge theory has more degrees of freedom than the theory from which it is derived. By going over from point particles in the standard theory to solitonic particles in the deformed theory, it is proposed to interpret the new degrees of fredom as descriptive of a non-locality of the deformed theory. It also turns out that the original Lie algebra gets replaced by two dual algebras, one of which lies close to and approaches the original Lie algebra in a correspondence limit, while the second algebra is new and disappears in this same correspondence limit. The exotic field particles associated with the second algebra can be interpreted as quark-like constituents of the solitons, which are themselves described as point particles in the first algebra. These ideas are explored for q-deformed SU(2) and $GL_q(3)$., Comment: 26 pages, TeX file, Revised Version

The straightforward description of q-deformed systems leads to transition amplitudes that are not numerically valued. To give physical meaning to these expressions without introducing ad hoc remedies, one may exploit an “internal” Fock space already defined by the q-algebra. This internal space may be interpreted in terms of internal degrees of freedom of the deformed system or alternatively in terms of non-locality. It is shown that the q-deformation may give stringy characteristics to a Yang-Mills theory.

It is possible to construct non-Abelian field theories by gauging Kac-Moody algebras. Here we discuss the spontaneous symmetry breaking of such theories via the Higgs mechanism. If the Higgs particle lies in the Cartan subalgebra of the Kac-Moody algebra, the previously massless vectors acquire a mass spectrum that is linear in the Kac-Moody index and has additional fine structure depending on the associated Lie algebra.

It is shown that there is no obstacle to the affine extension of supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories. This result holds equally for loop and Kac-Moody algebras. It also holds for 4, 6, and 10 dimensions. By dimensional reduction of the 10-dimensional theory one obtains a supersymmetric action describing interacting Kac-Moody fields in four dimensions.

Starting from a first-order formulation of the Lagrangian of noninteracting massless helicity-2 and helicity-3/2 particles, we deduce global supersymmetry transformations. Then, allowing the supersymmetry transformations to become local requires, if supersymmetry is to be maintained, the introduction of a unique primitive interaction through the “gravitino” stress tensor and torsion. Finally, the imposition of exact supersymmetry invariance leads by a short, constructive process to full supergravity and the complete form of the supersymmetry transformations. In particular, no explicit use is made of general coordinate invariance, and the self-consistency of the gravitational coupling emerges from the local supersymmetry requirement alone.

Parallel transfer is generalized to allow for the existence of a local gauge group. In spaces with torsion such a group may be introduced in a natural way and physically interpreted as a generalization of the electromagnetic gauge group. It is possible to construct simple theories of this type which correctly represent the isospin symmetries of the known fields. According to the program here proposed the local connection of microspace is restricted by the symmetries of the observed fields; the dynamics is then determined by the curvature of space, just as in the known macroscopic limit. In the models here considered the discrete groups are not discussed and all conservation laws are exact.

A generally covariant field theory, characterized by an asymmetric metric, an asymmetric connection, and an arbitrary gauge group is investigated as a possible formal basis for the experimentally observed strong couplings. Transposition invariance is put into correspondence with TCP invariance. The parts of the connection irreducible under both coordinate and gauge groups are identified with the independent boson fields. Representations of the strong and electromagnetic couplings of the baryon-meson system are found, subject to the same dynamical uncertainties as global and unitary symmetry. In the simplest version the pion and kaon fields correspond to the Hermitian torsion, while the vector bosons, including the photon, correspond to the anti-Hermitian torsion.