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Higgs-free Massive Nonabelian Gauge Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-02-03 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We analyze nonabelian massive Higgs-free theories in the causal Epstein-Glaser approach. Recently, there has been renewed interest in these models. In particular we consider the well-known Curci-Ferrari model and the nonabelian St\"uckelberg models. We explicitly show the reason why the considered models fail to be unitary. In our approach only the asymptotic (linear) BRS-symmetry has to be considered.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9511176,
  title  = {Higgs-free Massive Nonabelian Gauge Theories},
  author = {Tobias Hurth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9511176},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

13 pages, latex, no figures, published version, some misprints corrected and a few comments added