Symmetry Breaking/Restoration in a Non-Simply Connected Space-Time

dc.creatorHatanaka, Hisaki
dc.creatorMatsumoto, Seiho
dc.creatorOhnishi, Katsuhiko
dc.creatorSakamoto, Makoto
dc.date2000-10-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:10:39Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:10:39Z
dc.descriptionField theories compactified on non-simply connected spaces, which in general allow to impose twisted boundary conditions, are found to unexpectedly have a rich phase structure. One of characteristic features of such theories is the appearance of critical radii, at which some of symmetries are broken/restored. A phase transition can occur at the classical level, or can be caused by quantum effects. The spontaneous breakdown of the translational invariance of compactified spaces is another characteristic feature. As an illustrative example,the O(N) $ϕ^4$ model on $M^3\otimes S^1$ is studied and the novel phase structure is revealed.
dc.description5 pages, Talk given at XXXth International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP2000), July 27-August 2, Osaka, Japan. To be published in the Proceedings (World Scientific, Singapore)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0010041
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0010041
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/50288
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleSymmetry Breaking/Restoration in a Non-Simply Connected Space-Time
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