Dynamical Generation of Mass
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2008-02-03 v2 Astrophysics
Condensed Matter
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
An alternative for the Higgs mechanism is proposed. It predicts the appearance in the broken phase of a scalar background field which may be interpreted as describing an almost uniform (i.e., homogeneous and isotropic) superfluid condensate of decoupled Higgs bosons. Quantum fields acquire mass as a consequence of nonperturbative interactions with those particles condensed in the zero-momentum state (which constitutes the physical vacuum of the theory) giving rise in turn to the appearance of density fluctuations. This mechanism has therefore remarkable cosmological implications.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-ph/9403247,
title = {Dynamical Generation of Mass},
author = {V. Delgado},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/9403247},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
14 pages, No figures, REVTEX v3.0, ULLFT-1/94 (Comments concerning the scalar sector have been added)