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Michel Theory of Symmetry Breaking and Gauge Theories

✍ Scribed by Giuseppe Gaeta; Paola Morando

Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
356 KB
Volume
260
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-4916

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✦ Synopsis

We extend Michel's theorem on the geometry of symmetry breaking to the case of pure gauge theories, i.e., of gauge-invariant functionals defined on the space C of connections of a principal fiber bundle. Our proof follows closely the original one by Michel, using several known results on the geometry of C. The result (and proof) is also extended to the case of gauge theories with matter fields.

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