Published March 1, 2004 | Version v1
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Light-front Hamiltonian formulation of electroweak theory

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Physics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 (Canada)

Description

We develop the light-front Hamiltonian formulation of the electroweak theory with symmetry breaking through the Higgs mechanism. We quantize the theory using the method of Faddeev and Jackiw applicable to Hamiltonian systems with constraints. The starting point is the SU2 · U1 invariant Lagrangian which contains contributions from the massless Yang-Mills gauge boson sector, the massless fermion sector (leptons and quarks), the Higgs sector to break the SU2 · U1 symmetry and generate masses for the weak gauge bosons while leaving the photon massless, and the Yukawa sector to generate masses for the fermions

Availability note (English)

Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/30/327/g4_3_007.pdf or at the Web site for the Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics (ISSN 1361-6471) http://www.iop.org/

Additional details

Identifiers

URL
http://stacks.iop.org/0954-3899/30/327/g4_3_007.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
DOI
10.1088/0954-3899/30/3/007;
PII
S0954-3899(04)71178-0;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Physics. G, Nuclear and Particle Physics
Journal Volume
30
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 327-350
ISSN
0954-3899
CODEN
JPGPED

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35028436
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; HAMILTONIANS; HIGGS BOSONS; HIGGS MODEL; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; LEPTONS; QUANTIZATION; QUARKS; SU-2 GROUPS; SYMMETRY BREAKING; U-1 GROUPS; WEAK INTERACTIONS; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
BASIC INTERACTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FUNCTIONS; INTERACTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SU GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS; U GROUPS