BREAKING SO(3) INTO ITS CLOSED SUBGROUPS BY HIGGS MECHANISM

Authors
KOCA M KOC R ALBARWANI M
Citation
M. Koca et al., BREAKING SO(3) INTO ITS CLOSED SUBGROUPS BY HIGGS MECHANISM, Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general, 30(6), 1997, pp. 2109-2125
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Journal of physics. A, mathematical and general → ACNP
ISSN journal
03054470
Volume
30
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2109 - 2125
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4470(1997)30:6<2109:BSIICS>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A gauged SO(3) symmetry is broken into its closed subgroups by Higgs s calars belonging to the irreducible representations characterized by j = 2, 3, 4 and 6. Explicit matrix decompositions of the irreducible re presentations of SO(3) in terms of the irreducible representations of the closed subgroups are made manifest. Analogous structures between t he line defects of liquid crystals and the cosmic strings are notified .