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The future of unified gauge theories

APR 01, 1977
Having unified the weak and electromagnetic and perhaps the strong interactions, gauge theories now point towards key roles for Higgs bosons, and possible particles with masses as high as 1017 GeV.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3037498

Steven Weinberg

Unified gauge theories of elementary-particle interactions have had an exciting start. In this article, I want to try to look a little way into their future.

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Steven Weinberg, Harvard University.

© 1977 American Institute of Physics
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