2005/04/28 by Yutaka Hosotani, Hosotani, Yutaka
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #hep-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-ph/0504272
19 pages. To appear in the proceedings of "International Workshop on Dynamical Symmetry Breaking" (DSB 2004), Nagoya University, December 21-22, 2004
arxiv created 2005/04/28 · openalex publication_date 2005/04/28 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In higher dimensional gauge theory, dynamics of non-Abelian Aharonov-Bohm phases induces gauge symmetry breaking through the Hosotani mechanism. Higgs fields in the four-dimensional spacetime are identified with the extra-dimensional components of the gauge fields. Basics of the Hosotani mechanism are reviewed, and applied to the electroweak theory. The Higgs boson mass and the Kaluza-Klein excitation scale are related to the weak W-boson mass.