Published May 4, 1989
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Journal article
The bosonic string at D<26 and the Higgs mechanism
- 1. Hiroshima Univ., Takehara (Japan). Research Inst. for Theoretical Physics
Description
On the basis of a BRS invariant formulation of a free bosonic string at D<26, we analyse the structures of BRS and ghost number operators and the string vacua. The ghost number and the mass spectrum are naturally related to each other in this scheme. By using a string field theoretical technique, it is also shown that the Weyl freedom gives rise to an unphysical Higgs scalar, which is absorbed by the vector particle in the first excited level, thus realizing the Higgs mechanism. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physics Letters, (Section) B
- Journal Volume
- 221
- Journal Issue
- 3/4
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 289-293
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 20053503
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANNIHILATION OPERATORS; CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CREATION OPERATORS; EXCITED STATES; HIGGS BOSONS; HIGGS MODEL; INTERMEDIATE VECTOR BOSONS; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; MASS SPECTRA; PARTICLE MULTIPLETS; PARTITION FUNCTIONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM NUMBERS; REST MASS; SERIES EXPANSION; STRING MODELS; VACUUM STATES; WEYL UNIFIED THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY LEVELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INTERMEDIATE BOSONS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MULTIPLETS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPECTRA; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES