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dc.contributor.authorIlderton, A
dc.contributor.authorLavelle, Martin
dc.contributor.authorMcMullan, David
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-10T12:09:48Z
dc.date.available2018-11-10T12:09:48Z
dc.date.issued2010-08-06
dc.identifier.issn1751-8113
dc.identifier.issn1751-8121
dc.identifier.other312002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/12748
dc.description11 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.

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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIOP Publishing
dc.subjecthep-th
dc.subjecthep-th
dc.subjecthep-ph
dc.titleSymmetry breaking, conformal geometry and gauge invariance
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeArticle
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plymouth.issue31
plymouth.volume43
plymouth.publisher-urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/43/31/312002
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalJOURNAL OF PHYSICS A: MATHEMATICAL AND THEORETICAL
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1751-8113/43/31/312002
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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
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