Nonlinear Brownian motion and Higgs mechanism

Autor(en)

Alexander Glück, Helmuth Hüffel

Abstrakt

An extension of the stochastic quantization scheme is proposed by adding nonlinear terms to the field equations. Our modification is motivated by the recently established theory of active Brownian motion. We discuss a way of promoting this theory to the case of infinite degrees of freedom. Equilibrium distributions can be calculated exactly and are interpreted as path integral densities of quantum field theories. By applying our procedure to scalar QED, the symmetry breaking potential of the Higgs mechanism arises as the equilibrium solution.

Organisation(en)

Teilchenphysik

Journal

Physics Letters. Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Band

659

Seiten

447-451

Anzahl der Seiten

5

ISSN

0370-2693

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2007.10.060

Publikationsdatum

2008

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103036 Theoretische Physik, 103019 Mathematische Physik

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/eb44c631-4de4-4a07-9907-d51eb6f335c2