A Remarkable Relation in the Gauge Sector of Electroweakdynamics

Abstract We perform a careful study of the infrared sector of massless non-abelian gauge theories in four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime using the covariant phase space formalism, taking into account the boundary contributions arising from the gauge sector of the theory. Upon quantization, we show that the boundary contributions lead to an infinite degeneracy of the vacua. The Hilbert space of the vacuum sector is not only shown to be remarkably simple, but also universal. We derive a Ward identity that relates the n-point amplitude between two generic in- and out-vacuum states to the one computed in standard QFT. In addition, we demonstrate that the familiar single soft gluon theorem and multiple consecutive soft gluon theorem are consequences of the Ward identity.

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Astrophysical aspects of milli-charged dark matter in a Higgs–Stueckelberg model

Modern Physics Letters A ◽

10.1142/s0217732315500893 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 30 (18) ◽

pp. 1550089 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A. L. dos Santos ◽

D. Hadjimichef

Keyword(s):

Dark Matter ◽

Weakly Interacting Massive Particles ◽

Dark Sector ◽

Minimal Coupling ◽

Astrophysical Application ◽

Gauge Sector ◽

Dark Photon ◽

The Standard Model ◽

Vector Bosons ◽

The Impact

An extension of the Standard Model (SM) is studied, in which two new vector bosons are introduced, a first boson Z' coupled to the SM by the usual minimal coupling, producing an enlarged gauge sector in the SM. The second boson A' field, in the dark sector of the model, remains massless and originates a dark photon γ'. A hybrid mixing scenario is considered based on a combined Higgs and Stueckelberg mechanisms. In a Compton-like process, a photon scattered by a weakly interacting massive particles (WIMP) is converted into a dark photon. This process is studied, in an astrophysical application obtaining an estimate of the impact on stellar cooling of white dwarfs and neutron stars.

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$\mathcal{N}=1$ Supersymmetric $SU(3)$ Gauge Theory - Pure Gauge sector with a twist

10.22323/1.334.0211 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Marc Steinhauser ◽

Andre Sternbeck ◽

Bjorn Wellegehausen ◽

Andreas Wipf

Keyword(s):

Gauge Theory ◽

Gauge Sector ◽

Pure Gauge

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The figure of the earth from gravity observations and the precision obtainable

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences ◽

10.1098/rsta.1935.0012 ◽

1935 ◽

Vol 234 (743) ◽

pp. 377-431 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Keyword(s):

External Potential ◽

Higher Harmonics ◽

The Earth ◽

Figure Of The Earth ◽

Remarkable Relation

In 1849 Stokes published a remarkable relation between the form of the geoid and the values of gravity. He neglected terms involving the square of the ellipticity. The validity of his expression for the external potential has been doubted by some later writers, particularly for purposes of a higher approximation. Sir George Darwin, ignoring the departure of the geoid from spheroidal form, derived expressions for the internal and external potentials of the earth, keeping terms of the order of the square of the ellipticity. He justified his results for the region between two spheres concentric with the earth of radii equal to the earth’s minimum and maximum radii. But again some doubted the validity of his expressions for this very region. In the present paper the external potential is derived directly (§§ 1-13) from an extension of a theorem due to Green, without any assumption as to its form. The expression includes terms involving the square of the ellipticity and also the higher harmonics representing the departure of the geoid from a spheroid; but products of these departures and the ellipticity are neglected.

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Safe hologram

Modern Physics Letters A ◽

10.1142/s0217732320502739 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 35 (33) ◽

pp. 2050273

Author(s):

Borut Bajc ◽

Adrián Lugo ◽

Francesco Sannino

Keyword(s):

Field Theory ◽

Scalar Theory ◽

Gauge Sector

We propose to describe the gauge sector of an asymptotically safe field theory in [Formula: see text] dimensions as a scalar theory on fixed AdS in [Formula: see text]-dimensions using the holographic dictionary.

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STATUS OF HIGHER-ORDER CORRECTIONS IN THE STANDARD ELECTROWEAK THEORY

International Journal of Modern Physics A ◽

10.1142/s0217751x9500019x ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 10 (04) ◽

pp. 443-464 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

BERND A. KNIEHL

Keyword(s):

Standard Model ◽

Higgs Sector ◽

Higher Order ◽

Threshold Effects ◽

Electroweak Theory ◽

Radiative Corrections ◽

Gauge Sector ◽

The Standard Model ◽

Text Mode ◽

Higher Order Corrections

We review recent theoretical progress in the computation of radiative corrections beyond one loop within the standard model of electroweak interactions, in both the gauge and Higgs sectors. In the gauge sector, we discuss universal corrections of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], and those due to virtual [Formula: see text]-threshold effects, as well as specific corrections to [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] including finite-mb effects. We also present an update of the hadronic contributions to Δα. Theoretical uncertainties, other than those due to the lack of knowledge of MH and mt, are estimated. In the Higgs sector, we report on the [Formula: see text] corrections to [Formula: see text] including those which are specific for the [Formula: see text] mode, the [Formula: see text] corrections to [Formula: see text] including the finite-mq terms, and the [Formula: see text] corrections to Γ(H → gg).

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