Abstract
We discuss a dynamical mechanism which may yield a natural chiral symmetry for fermions. The small fermion mass generated by various dynamical interactions is presented.
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Huang, Z., Viswanathan, K.S. Smallness of fermion masses. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 55, 171–174 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01558302
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01558302