Gauge Invariant Signal for Gauge Symmetry Breaking

Dolan, L.; Jackiw, R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.9.2904

Gauge Invariant Signal for Gauge Symmetry Breaking

L. Dolan
(
- MIT, LNS
)
,
R. Jackiw
(
- MIT, LNS
)

Jan, 1974

27 pages

Part of Diverse topics in theoretical and mathematical physics, 21-34

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Phys.Rev.D 9 (1974) 2904

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevD.9.2904

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MIT-CTP-391

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The effective potential is computed to order ℏ in an Abelian gauge theory—scalar electrodynamics. The calculation is performed first in the ghost-requiring Rξ gauges. The corresponding expression is also derived from the unitary Lagrangian. We discuss the gauge dependence of the effective potential and its minima in connection with spontaneous symmetry breakdown; and we interpret the unitary computation to be the physically relevant one.

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