Symmetry breaking, conformal geometry and gauge invariance
dc.contributor.author | Ilderton, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Lavelle, Martin | |
dc.contributor.author | McMullan, David | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-10T12:09:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-11-10T12:09:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-08-06 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1751-8113 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1751-8121 | |
dc.identifier.other | 312002 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/12748 | |
dc.description | 11 pages. Version 2: typos corrected, discussion of Elitzur's theorem added. Version to appear in J.Phys.A | |
dc.description.abstract |
When the electroweak action is rewritten in terms of SU(2) gauge-invariant variables, the Higgs can be interpreted as a conformal metric factor. We show that asymptotic flatness of the metric is required to avoid a Gribov problem: without it, the new variables fail to be nonperturbatively gauge invariant. We also clarify the relations between this approach and unitary gauge fixing, and the existence of similar transformations in other gauge theories. | |
dc.format.extent | n/a- | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | IOP Publishing | |
dc.subject | hep-th | |
dc.subject | hep-th | |
dc.subject | hep-ph | |
dc.title | Symmetry breaking, conformal geometry and gauge invariance | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Article | |
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plymouth.issue | 31 | |
plymouth.volume | 43 | |
plymouth.publisher-url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/43/31/312002 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published | |
plymouth.journal | JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A: MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/1751-8113/43/31/312002 | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
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dc.identifier.eissn | 1751-8121 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
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