Gauge-independent Higgs mechanism and the implications for quark confinement
We propose a gauge-invariant description for the Higgs mechanism by which a gauge boson acquires the mass. We do not need to assume spontaneous breakdown of gauge symmetry signaled by a non-vanishing vacuum expectation value of the scalar field. In fact, we give a manifestly gauge-invariant descript...
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| description | We propose a gauge-invariant description for the Higgs mechanism by which a gauge boson acquires the mass. We do not need to assume spontaneous breakdown of gauge symmetry signaled by a non-vanishing vacuum expectation value of the scalar field. In fact, we give a manifestly gauge-invariant description of the Higgs mechanism in the operator level, which does not rely on spontaneous symmetry breaking. For concreteness, we discuss the gauge-Higgs models with U(1) and SU(2) gauge groups explicitly. This enables us to discuss the confinement-Higgs complementarity from a new perspective. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b08da00d12b44a46a9aac6183a2f97362022-12-21T22:08:15ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2017-01-011370300910.1051/epjconf/201713703009epjconf_conf2017_03009Gauge-independent Higgs mechanism and the implications for quark confinementKondo Kei-Ichi0Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chiba UniversityWe propose a gauge-invariant description for the Higgs mechanism by which a gauge boson acquires the mass. We do not need to assume spontaneous breakdown of gauge symmetry signaled by a non-vanishing vacuum expectation value of the scalar field. In fact, we give a manifestly gauge-invariant description of the Higgs mechanism in the operator level, which does not rely on spontaneous symmetry breaking. For concreteness, we discuss the gauge-Higgs models with U(1) and SU(2) gauge groups explicitly. This enables us to discuss the confinement-Higgs complementarity from a new perspective.https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713703009 |
| spellingShingle | Kondo Kei-Ichi Gauge-independent Higgs mechanism and the implications for quark confinement EPJ Web of Conferences |
| title | Gauge-independent Higgs mechanism and the implications for quark confinement |
| title_full | Gauge-independent Higgs mechanism and the implications for quark confinement |
| title_fullStr | Gauge-independent Higgs mechanism and the implications for quark confinement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gauge-independent Higgs mechanism and the implications for quark confinement |
| title_short | Gauge-independent Higgs mechanism and the implications for quark confinement |
| title_sort | gauge independent higgs mechanism and the implications for quark confinement |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713703009 |
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