Published October 15, 1973
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Journal article
Is there spontaneous symmetry breaking in gauge theories with the Higgs--Kibble mechanism
Creators
- 1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
Description
It is argued that gauge theories with the Higgs-Kibble mechanism do not involve the spontaneous breaking of physical symmetries. The relationships between masses and coupling constants, usually considered a manifestation of the remnant of the symmetry, can be obtained, at least in the Abelian-Higgs model, directly from renormalizability and unitarity requirements.
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review D
- Journal Volume
- 8
- Journal Issue
- 8
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 2721-2724
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 5125538
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- COUPLING CONSTANTS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GOLDSTONE BOSONS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; RENORMALIZATION; SYMMETRY BREAKING
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
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