Enhanced Global Symmetries and The Chiral Phase Transition

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dc.creatorAppelquist, T.
dc.creatorda Silva, P. S. Rodrigues
dc.creatorSannino, F.
dc.date1999-06-30
dc.date1999-09-21
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:35:42Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:35:42Z
dc.descriptionWe examine the possibility that the physical spectrum of a vector-like gauge field theory exhibits an enhanced global symmetry near a chiral phase transition. A transition from the Goldstone phase to the symmetric phase is expected as the number of fermions N_f is increased to some critical value. Various investigations have suggested that a parity-doubled spectrum develops as the critical value is approached. Using an effective Lagrangian as a guide, we note that parity doubling is associated with the appearance of an enhanced global symmetry in the spectrum of the theory. The enhanced symmetry would develop as the spectrum splits into two sectors, with the first exhibiting the usual pattern of a spontaneously broken chiral symmetry, and the second exhibiting an additional, unbroken symmetry and parity doubling. The first sector includes the Goldstone bosons and other states such as massive scalar partners. The second includes a parity-degenerate vector and axial vector along with other possible parity partners. We note that if such a near-critical theory describes symmetry breaking in the electroweak theory, the additional symmetry suppresses the contribution of the parity doubled sector to the S parameter.
dc.descriptionAdded references. 20 pages, RevTex format. To Appear in Phys. Rev. D
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9906555
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9906555
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D60:116007,1999
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.60.116007
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/198683
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleEnhanced Global Symmetries and The Chiral Phase Transition
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