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This research aims to explore how radiative corrections can lead to spontaneous symmetry breaking in theories that do not normally exhibit such behavior.

March 15, 1973Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

Radiative Corrections as the Origin of Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

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SCSidney ColemanBoston University EWErick J. WeinbergRED Consulting (Norway)

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We investigate radiative corrections causing spontaneous symmetry breaking in massless scalar meson theories, suggesting new insights.

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This research aims to explore how radiative corrections can lead to spontaneous symmetry breaking in theories that do not normally exhibit such behavior.
Analyzed massless scalar meson electrodynamics using perturbative techniques to assess radiative corrections.
Extended findings to non-Abelian gauge theories, maintaining consistency in observed patterns.
Computed mass ratios as power series in the electromagnetic coupling constant.
Found spontaneous symmetry breaking in massless scalar mesons resembling the Abelian Higgs model with a mass ratio expressed as m^2(S)/m^2(V)=(3/2π)(e^2/4π).
Identified qualitatively similar outcomes in non-Abelian gauge theories compared to Abelian cases.
Developed methods applicable to scenarios where the tree approximation suggests symmetry breakdown but lacks full characterization.

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Coleman et al. (1973) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7f71111d83f35e5ae3784 https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.7.1888

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