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Broken Weyl symmetry. [Gauge model, coupling, Higgs field]

Abstract

It is argued that conformal symmetry can be properly understood in the framework of field theories in curved space. In such theories, invariance is required under general coordinate transformations and conformal rescalings. A gauge model coupled to a Higgs field is examined. In the tree approximation, the vacuum solution exhibits two Higgs phenomena; both the phase (Goldstone boson) and the coordinate dependent part of the radial component of the scalar field can be removed by a Higgs-Kibble transformation. The resulting vacuum solution corresponds to a space of constant curvature and constant vacuum expectation value of the scalar field.
Authors:
Publication Date:
May 01, 1976
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
COO-3285-29; CONF-7604105-1; DESY-76/24
Reference Number:
ERA-02-023530; EDB-77-052532
Resource Relation:
Conference: Conference on spontaneous symmetry breeding, Trieste, Italy, Apr 1976
Subject:
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; WEYL UNIFIED THEORY; SYMMETRY BREAKING; COORDINATES; EXPECTATION VALUE; FIELD THEORIES; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GOLDSTONE BOSONS; HIGGS MODEL; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SCALAR FIELDS; SCALE INVARIANCE; BOSONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; SPACE; 645400* - High Energy Physics- Field Theory
OSTI ID:
7125951
Research Organizations:
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany, F.R.); Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (USA). Dept. of Physics
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
English
Contract Number:
EY-76-S-02-3285
Availability:
Dep. NTIS $3.50.
Submitting Site:
TIC
Size:
Pages: 22
Announcement Date:
Mar 01, 1977

Citation Formats

Domokos, G. Broken Weyl symmetry. [Gauge model, coupling, Higgs field]. Germany: N. p., 1976. Web.
Domokos, G. Broken Weyl symmetry. [Gauge model, coupling, Higgs field]. Germany.
Domokos, G. 1976. "Broken Weyl symmetry. [Gauge model, coupling, Higgs field]." Germany.
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title = {Broken Weyl symmetry. [Gauge model, coupling, Higgs field]}
author = {Domokos, G.}
abstractNote = {It is argued that conformal symmetry can be properly understood in the framework of field theories in curved space. In such theories, invariance is required under general coordinate transformations and conformal rescalings. A gauge model coupled to a Higgs field is examined. In the tree approximation, the vacuum solution exhibits two Higgs phenomena; both the phase (Goldstone boson) and the coordinate dependent part of the radial component of the scalar field can be removed by a Higgs-Kibble transformation. The resulting vacuum solution corresponds to a space of constant curvature and constant vacuum expectation value of the scalar field.}
place = {Germany}
year = {1976}
month = {May}
}