Gauge symmetry breaking by nontrivial boundary conditions

Journal Article · Wed May 15 04:00:00 EDT 1991 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.43.3565· OSTI ID:5592334

Higuchi, A ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-4111 (USA)

It is pointed out that gauge symmetries of gauge theories without matter fields in multiply connected spaces can be broken by nontrivial boundary conditions. An example of SU(3) gauge theory in flat {ital S}{sup 1}{times}{ital R}{sup 3} spacetime is examined. In particular, the symmetry-breaking pattern is determined in the one-loop approximation assuming that the vacuum is homogeneous in space. This symmetry-breaking pattern cannot be achieved by a Higgs field in the adjoint representation.

• OSTI ID: 5592334
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 43:10; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
ELECTRODYNAMICS
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FIELD THEORIES
FUNCTIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
HIGGS MODEL
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
LIE GROUPS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUARK MODEL
SPACE-TIME
STRING MODELS
SU GROUPS
SU-3 GROUPS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
SYMMETRY GROUPS
VACUUM STATES