Published February 15, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Lorentz violation and Faddeev-Popov ghosts

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (United States)

Description

We consider how Lorentz-violating interactions in the Faddeev-Popov ghost sector will affect scalar QED. The behavior depends sensitively on whether the gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken. If the symmetry is not broken, Lorentz violations in the ghost sector are unphysical, but if there is spontaneous breaking, radiative corrections will induce Lorentz-violating and gauge-dependent terms in other sectors of the theory

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
73
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 045004-045004.7
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37080975
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BASIC INTERACTIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS; SCALARS; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY BREAKING
Descriptors DEC
CORRECTIONS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; FIELD THEORIES; INTERACTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY

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