Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-15-1993
Publication Title
Physical Review D
Publisher
American Physical Society
Keywords
Spontaneous Symmetry, Scalar Field Theories, Light Cone Field Theory, Quantum Theory
Abstract
The problem of spontaneous symmetry breaking in scalar field theories quantized on the light cone is considered. Within the framework of "discretized" light-cone field theory, a constrained zero mode of the scalar field, which is necessary for obtaining a consistent dynamics, is responsible for supporting nonzero vacuum expectation values classically. This basic structure is shown to carry over to the quantum theory as well, and the consistency of the formalism is checked in an explicit perturbative calculation in (1+1)-dimensional φ4 theory.
First Page
2549
Last Page
2553
Volume
47
Issue
6
Repository Citation
Robertson, David G., "On Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Discretized Light Cone Field Theory" (1993). Physics Faculty Scholarship. 12.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/phys_fac/12
Original Citation
Robertson D.G. (1993). On spontaneous symmetry breaking in discretized light cone field theory. Physical Review D, 47(6). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.47.2549
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevD.47.2549
Version
Publisher's Version
Publisher's Statement
Copyright 1993 Physical Review D
Peer Reviewed
1
Creative Commons License
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