Integer Quantization of the Chern-Simons Coefficient in a Broken Phase
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
We consider a spontaneously broken nonabelian topologically massive gauge theory in a broken phase possessing a residual nonabelian symmetry. Recently there has been some question concerning the renormalization of the Chern-Simons coefficient in such a broken phase. We show that, in this broken vacuum, the renormalized ratio of the Chern-Simons coupling to the gauge coupling is shifted by times an integer, preserving the usual integer quantization condition on the bare parameters.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9411062,
title = {Integer Quantization of the Chern-Simons Coefficient in a Broken Phase},
author = {L. Chen and G. Dunne and K. Haller and E. Lim-Lombridas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9411062},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
9 pages LaTeX, two figures available upon request