# On the generation of the quarks through spontaneous symmetry breaking

**Authors:** Voicu Dolocan

arXiv: 1705.04607 · 2017-06-01

## TL;DR

This paper reviews the theoretical framework of quarks, including their group structure, charge, and mass generation via spontaneous symmetry breaking, highlighting the role of the Higgs mechanism in mass generation.

## Contribution

It introduces a Lagrangian term coupling the Higgs doublet to fermions, explaining quark mass generation similarly to leptons.

## Key findings

- Quark masses are generated through the Higgs mechanism.
- The paper details the SU(3) group and Lie algebra relevant to quarks.
- A specific Lagrangian term couples the Higgs to fermions.

## Abstract

In this paper we present the state of the art about the quarks: group SU(3), Lie algebra, the electric charge and mass. The quarks masses are generated in the same way as the lepton masses. It is constructed a term in the Lagrangian that couples the Higgs doublet to the fermion fields.

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