Published November 7, 1985 | Version v1
Journal article

Nonlinear realization and contraction of group representations

  • 1. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Florence (Italy)
  • 2. Florence Univ. (Italy). Dipartimento di Fisica
  • 3. Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Center for Particle Theory
  • 4. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Naples (Italy)
  • 5. Salerno Univ. (Italy). Dipartimento di Fisica

Description

We show that contraction of group representations leads to nonlinear realization of the invariance group. We discuss in detail the spontaneously broken SU(2) doublet model and the SO(n) model and finally we extend our analysis to local gauge theories. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
162
Journal Issue
1-3
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
133-136
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA