Published October 13, 1975
| Version v1
Journal article
Does a massive vector field imply spontaneous symmetry breaking
Description
Working in the classical tree approximation and for the Abelian case only the existence of converse routes to the Higgs mechanism are indicated. In particular it is shown how a carefully formulated compatibility between gauge invariance and massiveness of a vector field leads to spontaneous breakdown of the local symmetry. (Auth.)
Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics B
- Journal Volume
- 97
- Journal Issue
- 2
- Series
- Nucl. Phys., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 256-268
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 7225798
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GOLDSTONE BOSONS; HELICITY; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; MASS; MATRICES; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; SCALAR FIELDS; SPIN; SYMMETRY BREAKING; VECTOR FIELDS; VECTOR MESONS
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BOSONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; HADRONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MESON RESONANCES; MESONS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RESONANCE PARTICLES
Optional Information
- Notes
- Updated automatically by Metadata and Full-Text Enrichment Agent