4D equivalence theorem and gauge symmetry on an orbifold

We investigate high-energy behavior of scattering amplitudes in extra dimensional gauge theory where the gauge symmetry is broken by the boundary conditions. We study, in particular, the 5D SU(5) grand unified theory whose 5th-dimensional coordinate is compactified on S1/Z2. We pay attention to the gauge symmetry compatible with the boundary conditions on an orbifold and present the BRST formalism of the 4D theory that is obtained through integration of the 5D theory along the extra dimension. We derive the 4D equivalence theorem on the basis of the Slavnov-Taylor identities. We also calculate the amplitudes of the process including four massive gauge bosons in the external lines and compare them with those for the connected reactions in which the gauge fields are replaced by the corresponding would-be Nambu-Goldstone (NG) fields. We explicitly confirm that the equivalence theorem holds. (author)