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Spontaneous Breakdown of U(1) symmetry in DLCQ without Zero Mode

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

We show that the spontaneous breakdown of U(1) symmetry in a Higgs model can be described in discretized light cone formulation even by neglecting zero mode. We obtain correctly the energy of a ground state with the symmetry breakdown. We also show explicitly the presence of a Goldstone mode and its absence when the U(1) symmetry is gauged. In spite of obtaining the favorable results, we lose a merit in the formulation without zero modes that a naive Fock vacuum is the true ground state.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0702255,
  title  = {Spontaneous Breakdown of U(1) symmetry in DLCQ without Zero Mode},
  author = {Aiichi Iwazaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0702255},
  year   = {2008}
}

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7 pages