1999/10/07 by Nathan F. Lepora, Nathan. F. Lepora · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/1999/11/034
published as JHEP 9911:034,1999 · 20 pages. no figures
arxiv created 1999/10/07 · openalex publication_date 1999/11/24 · openalex created_date 2020/07/02 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
We analyse symmetry breaking in general gauge theories paying particular attention to the underlying geometry of the theory. In this context we find two natural metrics upon the vacuum manifold: a Euclidean metric associated with the scalar sector, and another generally inequivalent metric associated with the gauge sector. Physically, the interplay between these metrics gives rise to many of the non-perturbative features of symmetry breaking.