CRITICAL SECTIONS OF GAUGE FUNCTIONALS - A SYMMETRY APPROACH

Authors
GAETA G
Citation
G. Gaeta, CRITICAL SECTIONS OF GAUGE FUNCTIONALS - A SYMMETRY APPROACH, letters in mathematical physics, 28(1), 1993, pp. 1-11
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematical Method, Physical Science","Physycs, Mathematical
Journal title
letters in mathematical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03779017
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1 - 11
Database
ISI
SICI code
0377-9017(1993)28:1<1:CSOGF->2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We extend the classical theorem of L. Michel on the symmetry-breaking patterns in theories described by the minimization of a symmetric pote ntial to the case of theories described by the minimization of a gauge -symmetric functional.