Uniqueness of Spontaneously Broken Gauge Theories

Abstract

We have made a systematic search for theories of interacting heavy vector mesons which have unitarily bound trees. In simple cases (four vector mesons and one scalar particle) the only unitarily bound models are spontaneously broken gauge theories. Evidently, a unitarity bound, which controls high-energy behavior, imposes internal symmetry on heavy-vector-boson interactions.

Keywords

UnitarityPhysicsParticle physicsMesonScalar (mathematics)Vector bosonGauge bosonGauge theoryTheoretical physicsVector mesonMathematical physicsBosonMathematicsGeometry

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University of California, Los Angeles US

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Year: 1973
Type: article
Volume: 30
Issue: 25
Pages: 1268-1270
Citations: 281
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                                    John M. Cornwall, 
                                
                                    David N. Levin, 
                                
                                    George Tiktopoulos
                                
                            (1973). 
                            Uniqueness of Spontaneously Broken Gauge Theories. 
                            Physical Review Letters
                            , 30
                            (25)
                            , 1268-1270.
                            https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.30.1268

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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.30.1268