Symmetry breaking at enhanced symmetry points

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(95)00608-7zbMath1003.81526arXivhep-th/9509171OpenAlexW3105074315MaRDI QIDQ1906811

Michael B. Green, Michael Gutperle

Publication date: 23 January 1996

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9509171

zbMATH Keywords

moduli spaceequation of motionlow energy limitquantum correctionsclosed string theoryprincipal chiral modelclosed string gauge fieldsHiggs like symmetry breakdownscalar boundary condensate

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40)

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