Published March 1, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Dynamical breakdown of Abelian gauge chiral symmetry by strong Yukawa interactions

  • 1. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic)
  • 2. Department of Theoretical Physics, Nuclear Physics Institute, Rez (Prague) (Czech Republic)

Description

We consider a model with anomaly-free Abelian gauge axial-vector symmetry, which is intended to mimic the standard electroweak gauge chiral SU(2)LxU(1)Y theory. Within this model we demonstrate: (1) Strong Yukawa interactions between massless fermion fields and a massive scalar field carrying the axial charge generate dynamically the fermion and boson proper self-energies, which are ultraviolet-finite and chirally noninvariant. (2) Solutions of the underlying Schwinger-Dyson equations found numerically exhibit a huge amplification of the fermion mass ratios as a response to mild changes of the ratios of the Yukawa couplings. (3) The ''would-be'' Nambu-Goldstone boson is a composite of both the fermion and scalar fields, and it gives rise to the mass of the axial-vector gauge boson. (4) Spontaneous breakdown of the gauge symmetry further manifests by mass splitting of the complex scalar and by new symmetry-breaking vertices, generated at one loop. In particular, we work out in detail the cubic vertex of the Abelian gauge boson

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 056003-056003.10
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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(c) 2007 The American Physical Society