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The weak and electromagnetic interactions are described by a gauge theory based on the group U(1) × SU(2).

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Iliopoulos, J. (1983). Unification. In: Capri, A.Z., Kamal, A.N. (eds) Particles and Fields 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3593-1_1

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