ANOMALOUS VIOLATION OF CONSERVATION-LAWS IN MINKOWSKI SPACE - SPONTANEOUSLY BROKEN GAUGE-THEORIES

Authors
GOULD TM HSU SDH
Citation
Tm. Gould et Sdh. Hsu, ANOMALOUS VIOLATION OF CONSERVATION-LAWS IN MINKOWSKI SPACE - SPONTANEOUSLY BROKEN GAUGE-THEORIES, Nuclear physics. B, 446(1-2), 1995, pp. 65-78
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. B → ACNP
ISSN journal
05503213
Volume
446
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
65 - 78
Database
ISI
SICI code
0550-3213(1995)446:1-2<65:AVOCIM>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We extend our previous results on the evolution of quantum Fermi field s in Minkowski gauge field backgrounds to the case of spontaneously br oken gauge theories. We obtain a selection rule which relates the amou nt of fermion number violation to the change in Higgs winding number o f the configuration. This selection rule is applicable to any classica l solution which dissipates at both early and late times.