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  1. Srednicki is merely trying to convey that terms (such as, e.g., a mass term) in the Lagrangian should be gauge-invariant under the electroweak gauge group $SU(2)\times U(1),$ i.e. belong to the trivial representation $(1,0).$ In particular, the three tensor products mention in eq. (88.4) do not contain the trivial representation $(1,0).$

  2. OP's question seems to be spurred by the fact that all irreducible representations (over a complex vector space) of an abelian Lie group (such as, e.g., $U(1)$) are 1-dimensional. So shouldn't they all be called singlets? However, Srednicki seems to adapt the opposite convention that the trivial $U(1)$ irreducible representation is the only $U(1)$ singlet.

  1. Srednicki is merely trying to convey that terms (such as, e.g., a mass term) in the Lagrangian should be gauge-invariant under the electroweak gauge group $SU(2)\times U(1),$ i.e. belong to the trivial representation $(1,0).$ In particular, the three tensor products mention in eq. (88.4) do not contain the trivial representation $(1,0).$

  2. OP's question seems to be spurred by the fact that all irreducible representations of an abelian Lie group (such as, e.g., $U(1)$) are 1-dimensional. So shouldn't they all be called singlets? However, Srednicki seems to adapt the opposite convention that the trivial $U(1)$ irreducible representation is the only $U(1)$ singlet.

  1. Srednicki is merely trying to convey that terms (such as, e.g., a mass term) in the Lagrangian should be gauge-invariant under the electroweak gauge group $SU(2)\times U(1),$ i.e. belong to the trivial representation $(1,0).$ In particular, the three tensor products mention in eq. (88.4) do not contain the trivial representation $(1,0).$

  2. OP's question seems to be spurred by the fact that all irreducible representations (over a complex vector space) of an abelian Lie group (such as, e.g., $U(1)$) are 1-dimensional. So shouldn't they all be called singlets? However, Srednicki seems to adapt the opposite convention that the trivial $U(1)$ irreducible representation is the only $U(1)$ singlet.

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  1. Srednicki is merely trying to convey that terms (such as, e.g., a mass term) in the Lagrangian should be gauge-invariant under the electroweak gauge group $SU(2)\times U(1),$ i.e. belong to the trivial representation $(1,0).$ In particular, the three tensor products mention in eq. (88.4) do not contain the trivial representation $(1,0).$

  2. OP's question seems to be spurred by the fact that all irreducible representations of an abelian Lie group (such as, e.g., $U(1)$) are 1-dimensional. So shouldn't they all be called singlets? However, Srednicki seems to adapt the opposite convention that the trivial $U(1)$ irreducible representation is the only $U(1)$ singlet.