Michel theory of symmetry breaking and gauge theories

DOI10.1006/APHY.1997.5700zbMATH Open0926.58008arXivmath-ph/0207002OpenAlexW3099331411MaRDI QIDQ1290429FDOQ1290429

Paola Morando, Giuseppe Gaeta

Publication date: 28 June 1999

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We extend Michel's theorem on the geometry of symmetry breaking [L. Michel, {it Comptes Rendus Acad. Sci. Paris} {�f 272-A} (1971), 433-436] to the case of pure gauge theories, i.e. of gauge-invariant functionals defined on the space $calC$ of connections of a principal fiber bundle. Our proof follows closely the original one by Michel, using several known results on the geometry of $calC$. The result (and proof) is also extended to the case of gauge theories with matter fields.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0207002

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zbMATH Keywords

symmetry breakinggauge-invariant functionals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Variational problems concerning extremal problems in several variables; Yang-Mills functionals (58E15)

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