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Nambu-Goldstone bosons characterized by the order parameter in spontaneous symmetry breaking

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-10-25 v1

Abstract

We present explicitly a relation between the Nambu-Goldstone boson and the order parameter in non-relativistic systems with spontaneous symmetry breaking. We show that the Nambu-Goldstone bosons are characterized by transformation property of the order parameter under symmetry transformation of a system. We give an explicit formula for the Nambu-Goldstone boson for a general Lie group GG, and then the number of the Nambu-Goldstone boson is derived straightforwardly from the symmetry of the order parameter, i.e. the type of symmetry breaking. We show that the Ward-Takahashi identity is modified in the presence of the Nambu-Goldstone boson, where the generalized Ward-Takahashi identity includes the coupling (the vertex function) between fermions and Nambu-Goldstone bosons. The closed equation for the Green's functions of Nambu-Goldstone bosons is derived by introducing the fermion-Nambu-Goldstone boson vertex function. Examples are given for G=SU(2)G=SU(2) (ferromagnetic), U(1)U(1) (superconductor) and SU(3)SU(3) symmetry breaking.

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@article{arxiv.1710.08840,
  title  = {Nambu-Goldstone bosons characterized by the order parameter in spontaneous symmetry breaking},
  author = {Takashi Yanagisawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.08840},
  year   = {2017}
}

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