The Size of the Weak Bosons

TL;DR

This paper investigates the possibility that weak bosons are composite particles of about 10^{-17} cm in size, analyzing how their electromagnetic selfenergies cause deviations from the standard model, which fails above 1 TeV.

Contribution

It proposes a composite model for weak bosons and examines its implications, highlighting deviations from the standard model at high energies.

Findings

Electromagnetic selfenergies induce observable deviations from the standard model.

The standard electroweak model breaks down above 1 TeV.

Weak bosons may have a substructure at 10^{-17} cm.

Abstract

We study the hypothesis that weak bosons are composite systems, which have a size of the order of 10^{-17} cm. The electromagnetic selfenergies of the weak bosons lead to specific departures from the standard electroweak model, in agreement with observation. Above the energy of 1 TeV the standard electroweak model breaks down completely.