Gauge invariant composite fields out of connections, with examples

DOI10.1142/S0219887814500169zbMATH Open1292.53048arXiv1212.6702MaRDI QIDQ5416627FDOQ5416627

Authors: Cédric Fournel, J. François, T. Masson, S. Lazzarini 

Publication date: 14 May 2014

Published in: International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we put forward a systematic and unifying approach to construct gauge invariant composite fields out of connections. It relies on the existence in the theory of a group valued field with a prescribed gauge transformation. As an illustration, we detail some examples. Two of them are based on known results: the first one provides a reinterpretation of the symmetry breaking mechanism of the electroweak part of the Standard Model of particle physics; the second one is an application to Einstein's theory of gravity described as a gauge theory in terms of Cartan connections. The last example depicts a new situation: starting with a gauge field theory on Atiyah Lie algebroids, the gauge invariant composite fields describe massive vector fields. Some mathematical and physical discussions illustrate and highlight the relevance and the generality of this approach.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.6702

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zbMATH Keywords

Higgs fieldgauge field theoriesAtiyah Lie algebroidsdressing field

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Applications of global differential geometry to the sciences (53C80) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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