Hierarchy of massive gauge fields

TL;DR

This paper introduces a gauge-invariant polynomial action that unifies various models of massive gauge fields, including massive Yang-Mills, Higgs-Kibble, and models with spontaneous symmetry breaking, through parameter variations.

Contribution

It presents a novel gauge-invariant polynomial formulation capable of describing multiple massive gauge field models within a single framework.

Findings

Unified description of different massive gauge models

Explicit gauge-invariant polynomial action proposed

Parameter variations yield different physical models

Abstract

An explicitely gauge invariant polynomial action for massive gauge fields is proposed. For different values of parameters it describes massive Yang-Mills field, the Higgs-Kibble model, the model with spontaneously broken symmetry and two scalar mesons.