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The weak hypercharge in particle physics is a conserved quantum number relating the electrical charge and the third component of weak isospin, and is similar to the Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula for the hypercharge of strong interactions (which is not conserved). It is frequently denoted Y_W and corresponds to the gauge symmetry U(1).

Definition

It is the generator of the U(1) component of the electroweak gauge group, SU(2)xU(1) and its associated quantum field B mixes with the W³ electroweak quantum field to produce the observed Z⁰ gauge boson and the photon of quantum electrodynamics.

Weak hypercharge, usually written as Y_W, is defined as:

$Q=T_3+\frac{Y_W}{2}$

where Q is the electrical charge (in elementary charge units) and T₃ is the third component of weak isospin. Rearranging, the weak hypercharge can be expressed as:

$Y_W=2(Q-T_3)$

	left-handed	el. charge $Q$	weak isospin $T_3$	weak hypercharge $Y_W$	right-handed	el. charge $Q$	weak isospin $T_3$	weak hypercharge $Y_W$
Leptons	${\nu }_e,{\nu }_{\mu },{\nu }_{\tau }$	0	+½	-1	-	-	-	-
	$e^{-},{\mu }^{-},{\tau }^{-}$	-1	-½	-1	$e_R^{-},{\mu }_R^{-},{\tau }_R^{-}$	-1	0	-2
Quarks	$u,c,t$	+2/3	+½	+1/3	$u_R,c_R,t_R$	+2/3	0	+4/3
	$d^{\prime },s^{\prime },b^{\prime }$	-1/3	-½	+1/3	$d_R,s_R,b_R$	-1/3	0	-2/3

Note: sometimes weak hypercharge is scaled so that

$Y_W=Q-T_3$

although this is a minority usage.

Baryon and lepton number

Weak hypercharge is related to baryon number - lepton number via:

$X+2Y_W=5(B-L)$

where X is a GUT-associated conserved quantum number. Since weak hypercharge is also conserved this implies that baryon number minus lepton number is also conserved, within the Standard Model and most extensions.

Neutron decay

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Hence neutron decay conserves baryon number B and lepton number L separately, so also the difference B-L is conserved.

Proton decay

Proton decay is a prediction of many grand unification theories.

Template:SubatomicParticle → Template:SubatomicParticle + Template:SubatomicParticle → Template:SubatomicParticle + 2Template:SubatomicParticle

Hence proton decay conserves B-L, even though it violates both lepton number and baryon number conservation.

See also

• Standard Model (mathematical formulation)