Quaternionic Mass Matrices and CP Symmetry

Abstract

A viable formulation of gauge theory with extra generations in terms of quaternionic fields is presented. For the theory to be acceptable, the number of generations should be equal to or greater than 4. The quark-lepton mass matrices are generalized into quaternionic matrices.It is concluded that explicit CP violation automatically disappears in both strong- and weak-interaction sectors.

Comments: 10 pages, LaTex