Higgs mechanism for Kalb-Ramond gauge field

Journal Article · Wed Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1989 · Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.40.3396· OSTI ID:5148876

Rey, S ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (US)

Kalb-Ramond gauge field theory, coupled to manifestly gauge-invariant and reparametrization-invariant second-quantized string fields, is studied. String condensation into the vacuum is shown to develop masses to the Kalb-Ramond gauge field which we call the string Higgs mechanism. In case the Kalb-Ramond field couples to the open strings which have a massless vector field in the spectrum, our field theory also exhibits the well-known Stueckelberg mechanism. To strengthen our conclusion, we construct a lattice version of the above string field theory and demonstrate that the mean-field approximation indicates the existence of the Higgs phase.

• OSTI ID: 5148876
• Journal Information: Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review (Section) D: Particles and Fields; (USA) Vol. 40:10; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
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EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
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FIELD THEORIES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
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MECHANICS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
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QUARK MODEL
SPACE-TIME
STRING MODELS
SYMMETRY GROUPS
U GROUPS
U-1 GROUPS
VECTOR FIELDS
WAVE EQUATIONS