Electroweak Vacuum Geometry
High Energy Physics - Theory
2014-11-18 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract
We analyse symmetry breaking in the Weinberg-Salam model paying particular attention to the underlying geometry of the theory. In this context we find two natural metrics upon the vacuum manifold: an isotropic metric associated with the scalar sector, and a squashed metric associated with the gauge sector. Physically, the interplay between these metrics gives rise to many of the non-perturbative features of Weinberg-Salam theory.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9904178,
title = {Electroweak Vacuum Geometry},
author = {Nathan F. Lepora and T. W. B. Kibble},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9904178},
year = {2014}
}
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20 pages. Latex