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SU(2) Kinetic Mixing Terms and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-05 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The non-abelian generalization of the Holdom model --{\it i.e.} a theory with two gauge fields coupled to the kinetic mixing term gtr(Fμν(A)Fμν(B))g {tr}(F_{\mu \nu} (A) F_{\mu \nu} (B))-- is considered. Contrarily to the abelian case, the group structure G×GG\times G is explicitly broken to GG. For SU(2) this fact implies that the residual gauge symmetry as well as the Lorentz symmetry is spontaneusly broken. We show that this mechanism provides of masses for the involved particles. Also, the model presents instanton solutions with a redefined coupling constant.

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@article{arxiv.0811.1198,
  title  = {SU(2) Kinetic Mixing Terms and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking},
  author = {J. Lopez-Sarrion and Paola Arias and J. Gamboa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.1198},
  year   = {2009}
}

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