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Title: Lorentz violation and Faddeev-Popov ghosts

Abstract

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.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20776776
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 73; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.73.045004; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; BASIC INTERACTIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; RADIATIVE CORRECTIONS; SCALARS; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY BREAKING

Citation Formats

Altschul, B. Lorentz violation and Faddeev-Popov ghosts. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.73.045004.
Altschul, B. Lorentz violation and Faddeev-Popov ghosts. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.73.045004
Altschul, B. 2006. "Lorentz violation and Faddeev-Popov ghosts". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.73.045004.
@article{osti_20776776,
title = {Lorentz violation and Faddeev-Popov ghosts},
author = {Altschul, B},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.73.045004},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20776776}, journal = {Physical Review. D, Particles Fields},
issn = {0556-2821},
number = 4,
volume = 73,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Wed Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2006}
}