Massive, unitary, renormalizable Yang-Mills theory without Higgs bosons
Journal Article
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· Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
We present a variant of the Stueckelberg formalism for Yang-Mills theory where the Stueckelberg scalar field is eliminated in favor of the gauge potential. Normally this leads to nonpolynomial interactions. However, we point out that it is possible to pick a gauge where the nonpolynomiality disappears and the resulting theory is power-counting renormalizable and unitary. This procedure allows one to construct an electroweak model without the Higgs boson.
- Research Organization:
- Physics Department, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia 7005
- OSTI ID:
- 6750136
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 57:21; ISSN PRLTA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
FIELD THEORIES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
HIGGS BOSONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LIE GROUPS
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MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
PERTURBATION THEORY
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
RENORMALIZATION
SCALAR FIELDS
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U GROUPS
U-2 GROUPS
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
UNITARITY
WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL
YANG-MILLS THEORY
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
FIELD THEORIES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
HIGGS BOSONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LIE GROUPS
MASS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE MODELS
PERTURBATION THEORY
POSTULATED PARTICLES
QUANTUM CHROMODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
RENORMALIZATION
SCALAR FIELDS
SYMMETRY GROUPS
U GROUPS
U-2 GROUPS
UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
UNITARITY
WEINBERG-SALAM GAUGE MODEL
YANG-MILLS THEORY