The Light-Cone Field Theory Paradigm for Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
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In the first part of this lecture I will give an introduction to light-cone field theory, focussing on the ``zero mode problem''. In the second part I discuss $ϕ^4$-theory in 1+1 dimensions. I will show how the dynamics of the zero modes can give rise to spontaneous symmetry breaking in spite of the trivial vacuum structure on the light-cone.
17 pages Talk given at Hadron Structure '93, Banska Strianvnica Slovakia, September 5-10, 1993 based on Notes by Oliver Schnetz and Klaus Lucke, Institut für theoretische Physik III, Erlangen of lectures presented to the Graduiertenkoleg Erlangen-Regensburg on May 26, 1993
17 pages Talk given at Hadron Structure '93, Banska Strianvnica Slovakia, September 5-10, 1993 based on Notes by Oliver Schnetz and Klaus Lucke, Institut für theoretische Physik III, Erlangen of lectures presented to the Graduiertenkoleg Erlangen-Regensburg on May 26, 1993