Theta term instead of the Higgs field in Electroweak theory
High Energy Physics - Lattice
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We consider the electroweak theory without fundamental scalar field. The topological excitation of the SU(2)*U(1) theory (the monopole) plays the role of the Higgs field, it carries the SU(2)*U(1) topological charge due to the theta--term of the special type.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-lat/0110191,
title = {Theta term instead of the Higgs field in Electroweak theory},
author = {M. I. Polikarpov and A. I. Veselov and M. A. Zubkov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-lat/0110191},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Lattice2001(confinement), 3 pages, 1 eps figure