Higgs phase as a spin glass and the transition between varieties of confinement
Abstract
We propose that the Higgs phase of a gauge Higgs theory is the phase of spontaneously broken custodial symmetry, and we present a new gauge invariant order parameter for custodial symmetry breaking which is very closely analogous to the Edwards-Anderson order parameter for spin glasses. Custodial symmetry is a global symmetry acting on the Higgs field alone, and we show here that the spin glass transition in gauge Higgs theories, from a QCD-like phase to a Higgs phase of broken custodial symmetry, coincides with the transition between two distinct types of confinement. These are color confinement in the Higgs phase and a stronger version of confinement, which we have termed “separation of charge” confinement, in the QCD-like phase.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- San Francisco State Univ., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1605318
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1631272; OSTI ID: 1862033
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0013682
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. D.
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Physical Review. D. Journal Volume: 101 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-0010
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Color confinement; Lattice field theory; Nonperturbative effects in field theory; Phase transitions; Quantum field theory
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Greensite, Jeff, and Matsuyama, Kazue. Higgs phase as a spin glass and the transition between varieties of confinement. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.101.054508.
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author = {Greensite, Jeff and Matsuyama, Kazue},
abstractNote = {We propose that the Higgs phase of a gauge Higgs theory is the phase of spontaneously broken custodial symmetry, and we present a new gauge invariant order parameter for custodial symmetry breaking which is very closely analogous to the Edwards-Anderson order parameter for spin glasses. Custodial symmetry is a global symmetry acting on the Higgs field alone, and we show here that the spin glass transition in gauge Higgs theories, from a QCD-like phase to a Higgs phase of broken custodial symmetry, coincides with the transition between two distinct types of confinement. These are color confinement in the Higgs phase and a stronger version of confinement, which we have termed “separation of charge” confinement, in the QCD-like phase.},
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journal = {Physical Review. D.},
number = 5,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
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