Quark masses and mixing angles

Inspired by the vector-like phenomenon of chiral gauge theories at short distances, we postulate that the W^+/--gauge boson has a vector-like gauge coupling in the high-energy region, beside its purely right-handed gauge coupling observed in the low-energy region. It is discussed that the top quark acquires its mass via spontaneous symmetry breaking, while the u,d,c,s,b quarks acquire their masses via explicit symmetry breakings. We discover four relationships between four inter-generation mixing angles and six quark masses by examining Dyson equations for quark self-energy functions. A preliminary analysis shows that the hierarchical pattern of quark masses is closely related to the hierarchical pattern of inter-generation mixing angles. In particular, the CP-violating phase is predicted to be approximately 79°.