Mass degeneracies in selfdual models

Nov, 1994
10 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Lett.B 345 (1995) 452-457
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Report number:
  • UCONN-94-9

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Abstract:
An algebraic restriction of the nonabelian self-dual Chern-Simons-Higgs systems leads to coupled abelian models with interesting mass spectra. The vacua are characterized by embeddings of SU(2)SU(2) into the gauge algebra, and in the broken phases the gauge and real scalar masses coincide, reflecting the relation of these self-dual models to N=2N=2 SUSY. The masses themselves are related to the exponents of the gauge algebra, and the self-duality equation is a deformation of the classical Toda equations.
  • gauge field theory: SU(2)
  • Higgs model
  • Chern-Simons term
  • dimension: 3
  • field equations: solution
  • spontaneous symmetry breaking
  • algebra: gauge
  • mass spectrum