Corrections to the Goldberger-Treiman relation in a unified gauge-field model

Abstract
The corrections to the Goldberger-Treiman relation are examined in a unified gauge-field model. The strong interactions are governed by the local chiral SU(2)SU(2) gauge group, whereas the weak and electromagnetic interactions are based on SU(2)U(1) gauge invariance. We find that the Goldberger-Treiman formula is a zeroth-order relation, so that its corrections are finite. We estimate the corrections in the case that the pion is a pseudo-Goldstone boson. The result, of which the gauge independence is explicitly verified, is proportional to the weak and electromagnetic coupling constants.