A Universal Feature for the Higgs Phenomenon in Anti de Sitter Space

TL;DR

This paper explores a universal feature in Anti de Sitter space where particles with spin one or higher exhibit a non-zero boundary flux in their associated conserved currents when they become massive, revealing a fundamental aspect of the Higgs phenomenon.

Contribution

It demonstrates a universal boundary flux feature linked to the mass acquisition of high-spin particles in Anti de Sitter space, extending understanding of the Higgs mechanism in curved spacetime.

Findings

Massive high-spin particles have non-zero boundary flux in their currents.

Both massive and massless particles can have consistent local interactions.

The boundary flux is a universal feature associated with the Higgs phenomenon.

Abstract

In Anti de Sitter space both massive and massless high-spin particles can have consistent local interactions. Both can couple to conserved currents. In this paper we show that when the particles have spin one or greater, there exists a universal feature associated to the particle becoming massive: the currents possess a non-vanishing boundary flux.