Published June 15, 1980 | Version v1
Journal article

Model of U(1) chiral-symmetry breaking

Creators

  • 1. Physics Department, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027

Description

An SU(2) gauge-theory model of spontaneous chiral-symmetry breaking through the nonvanishing vacuum expectation value of spin-zero fields is examined. For the case of two fermion flavors, the model explicitly demonstrates the 't Hooft resolution of the U(1) problem through instanton effects. The absence of any conflict with the current-algebra relations of chiral perturbation theory point to a clearer understanding of the gauge-theory vacuum theta periodicity in the case of broken chiral symmetries

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev., D
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
12
Series
Phys. Rev., D.
Journal Page Range
3401-3412
ISSN
0556-2821