1997/09/20 by Martin Haft, Haft, Martin
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9709153
LaTex, 18 pages
arxiv created 1997/09/20 · openalex publication_date 1997/09/20 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
On basis of an algebraic analysis of symmetry breaking in general and the Higgs mechanism in the standard model of elementary particles we generalize the concept of symmetry breaking to systems with non-compact groups but not necessarily caused by a potential. Thereto we give some simple, but unfamiliar examples of symmetry breaking with and without potentials. The analysis of the concept of mass in space-time and in the Higgs mechanism will lead to a model unifying both structures in terms of symmetry breaking of GL(2,C).