The bosonic string at D<26 and the higgs mechanism

Kazuo Fujikawa; Naohito Nakazawa; Hiroshi Suzuki

doi:10.1016/0370-2693(89)91712-7

The bosonic string at D<26 and the higgs mechanism

Kazuo Fujikawa, Naohito Nakazawa, Hiroshi Suzuki

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On the basis of a BRS invariant formulation of a free bosonic string at D<26, we analyse the structures of BRS and ghost number operators and the string vacua. The ghost number and the mass spectrum are naturally related to each other in this scheme. By using a string field theoretical technique, it is also shown that the Weyl freedom gives rise to an unphysical Higgs scalar, which is absorbed by the vector particle in the first excited level, thus realizing the Higgs mechanism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	289-293
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physics Letters B
Volume	221
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(89)91712-7
Publication status	Published - May 4 1989
Externally published	Yes

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Fujikawa, K., Nakazawa, N., & Suzuki, H. (1989). The bosonic string at D<26 and the higgs mechanism. Physics Letters B, 221(3-4), 289-293. https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(89)91712-7

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