TY - JOUR
T1 - The structure of the gauge theory vacuum
AU - Callan, Curtis Gove
AU - Dashen, R. F.
AU - Gross, D. J.
N1 - Funding Information:
* Research supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number MPS 75-22514. * Research sponsored in part by the ERDA under Grant No. E(11-1)-2220.
PY - 1976/8/2
Y1 - 1976/8/2
N2 - The finite action Euclidean solutions of gauge theories are shown to indicate the existence of tunneling between topologically distinct vacuum configurations. Diagonalization of the Hamiltonian then leads to a continuum of vacua. The construction and properties of these vacua are analyzed. In non-abelian theories of the strong interactions one finds spontaneous symmetry breaking of axial baryon number without the generation of a Goldstone boson, a mechanism for chiral SU(N) symmetry breaking and a possible source of T violation.
AB - The finite action Euclidean solutions of gauge theories are shown to indicate the existence of tunneling between topologically distinct vacuum configurations. Diagonalization of the Hamiltonian then leads to a continuum of vacua. The construction and properties of these vacua are analyzed. In non-abelian theories of the strong interactions one finds spontaneous symmetry breaking of axial baryon number without the generation of a Goldstone boson, a mechanism for chiral SU(N) symmetry breaking and a possible source of T violation.
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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(76)90277-X
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(76)90277-X
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33744737184
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 63
SP - 334
EP - 340
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
IS - 3
ER -