Separation-of-charge confinement and the Higgs transition in SU(3) gauge Higgs theory
Jeff Greensite, Hou Y. Yau
TL;DR
This paper investigates the nature of confinement and the Higgs transition in SU(3) gauge-Higgs theory, challenging the idea that confinement persists in an unbroken SU(2) subgroup after symmetry breaking.
Contribution
It provides a critical examination of the confinement property in SU(3) gauge-Higgs theory, focusing on the separation-of-charge confinement and the Higgs transition.
Findings
Confinement properties do not necessarily persist in unbroken subgroups.
The Higgs transition can alter confinement characteristics.
Separation-of-charge confinement offers insights into gauge-Higgs phase structure.
Abstract
With SU(3) gauge Higgs theory as an example, we examine critically the idea that the confinement property in an SU(N) gauge-Higgs theory, with the Higgs field in the fundamental representation, persists in an unbroken SU(N-1) subgroup.
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TopicsParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies · Black Holes and Theoretical Physics · Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions