Dynamical Generation of Mass

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An alternative for the Higgs mechanism is proposed. It predicts the appearance in the broken phase of a scalar background field which may be interpreted as describing an almost uniform (i.e., homogeneous and isotropic) superfluid condensate of decoupled Higgs bosons. Quantum fields acquire mass as a consequence of nonperturbative interactions with those particles condensed in the zero-momentum state (which constitutes the physical vacuum of the theory) giving rise in turn to the appearance of density fluctuations. This mechanism has therefore remarkable cosmological implications.
14 pages, No figures, REVTEX v3.0, ULLFT-1/94 (Comments concerning the scalar sector have been added)

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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, Astrophysics, Condensed Matter, High Energy Physics - Theory

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/147891

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https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9403247
 http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9403247

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