On the causal gauge principle

2008/08/31 by Gracia-Bondia, Jose M.
#FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0809.0160

Abstract

Work by the Zurich school of causal (Epstein-Glaser) renormalization has shown that renormalizability in the presence of massless or massive gauge fields (as primary entities) explains gauge invariance and, in some instances, the presence of a Higgs-like particle, without the Brout-Englert-Higgs-Kibble (BEHK) mechanism. We review that work, in a pedagogical vein, with a pointer to go beyond.

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