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Coleman's theorem on physical assumptions for no Goldstone bosons in two dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v4 Statistical Mechanics Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Thirty years ago, Coleman proved that no continuous symmetry is broken spontaneously in a two-dimensional relativistic quantum field theory. In his argument, however, it is difficult to understand the physical meaning of the assumption of no infrared divergence. I derive the same result directly from the cluster property of a local field regarded as a physically acceptable assumption.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0303118,
  title  = {Coleman's theorem on physical assumptions for no Goldstone bosons in two dimensions},
  author = {Chigak Itoi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0303118},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

7 pages, no figures, corrected serious errors