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Right-handed charged-lepton field

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Summary

For each generation, a color-singlet $SU(2)_L$ singlet $e_R$ with weak hypercharge $-1$ . The minimal Standard Model has no right-handed neutrino field.

Record metadata

Canonical name: Right-handed charged-lepton field
Concept ID: right_handed_charged_lepton_field
Content version: 2.3.0
Primary field: Physics
Fields: Physics
Primary domain: Quantum field theory
Domains: Quantum field theory
Alternate terminology: No alternate terminology is currently authored for this record.
Concept type: Chiral matter multiplet

Concept sources

Wikipedia — Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model — Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model · encyclopedic reference · source ID wp-physics-standard_model_chiral_multiplet
PDG — Electroweak Model and Constraints on New Physics (Review of Particle Physics 2026) — Electroweak Model and Constraints on New Physics (Review of Particle Physics 2026) · Particle Data Group review · source ID pdg-standard-model
Cambridge — Particle Physics — Particle Physics · University of Cambridge lecture notes · source ID tong-particle

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Standard Model chiral fermion multiplet Right-handed charged-lepton field

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This is an authored directed relation from the source endpoint to the target endpoint.

Relation ID: chiral_to_eright
Relation type: Classification classification
Direction: source → target
Endpoint roles: source: Has subtype; target: Classified as
Authored annotation: right charged-lepton singlet

Authored explanation

One Standard Model chiral representation type is the right-handed charged-lepton singlet.

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Relation sources

Wikipedia — Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model — Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model · encyclopedic reference · source ID wp-physics-standard_model_chiral_multiplet
nLab — standard model of particle physics — standard model of particle physics · mathematical physics reference · source ID nlab-physics-standard_model
PDG — Electroweak Model and Constraints on New Physics (Review of Particle Physics 2026) — Electroweak Model and Constraints on New Physics (Review of Particle Physics 2026) · Particle Data Group review · source ID pdg-standard-model
Cambridge — Particle Physics — Particle Physics · University of Cambridge lecture notes · source ID tong-particle

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