Higgs mechanism in the temporal gauge
Journal Article
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· Phys. Rev., D; (United States)
Working in the temporal gauge A/sub 0/ = 0, we study canonical quantization of the Higgs model for giving masses to a gauge field. This gauge differs from those discussed previously in that the symmetry of the theory is not spontaneously broken and the Higgs scalar field does not acquire a vacuum expectation value. Rather, the vector meson acquires its mass through a restoration of symmetry of the vacuum under gauge transformations that do not vanish at spatial infinity.
- Research Organization:
- Physics Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
- OSTI ID:
- 6777562
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev., D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev., D; (United States) Vol. 17:10; ISSN PRVDA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BAG MODEL
BOSONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FUNCTIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GLUON MODEL
HADRONS
HAMILTONIANS
HIGGS MODEL
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
MESON RESONANCES
MESONS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTUM OPERATORS
QUARK MODEL
RESONANCE PARTICLES
SCALAR FIELDS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
VACUUM STATES
VECTOR MESONS
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BAG MODEL
BOSONS
COMPOSITE MODELS
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
EQUATIONS OF MOTION
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FUNCTIONS
GAUGE INVARIANCE
GLUON MODEL
HADRONS
HAMILTONIANS
HIGGS MODEL
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
MESON RESONANCES
MESONS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTUM OPERATORS
QUARK MODEL
RESONANCE PARTICLES
SCALAR FIELDS
SYMMETRY BREAKING
VACUUM STATES
VECTOR MESONS