Are Massless Charged Particles Forbidden by Current Group Theory Theories?

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Hey guys

Just to clarify: there's nothing in current theories that forbids massless charged particles right? Its just we haven't found one yet. Do any of the group theory theories predict them or forbid them?(like the ones using the E8 group etc)

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-Graeme
 
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FunkyDwarf said:
Hey guys

Just to clarify: there's nothing in current theories that forbids massless charged particles right? Its just we haven't found one yet. Do any of the group theory theories predict them or forbid them?(like the ones using the E8 group etc)

Thanks
-Graeme

If massless electrically charge particles existed, we already would have observed certain processes, but we haven't. See

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=276535.
 
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