On Gauge Invariance and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

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We show how the widely used concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking can be explained in causal perturbation theory by introducing a perturbative version of quantum gauge invariance. Perturbative gauge invariance, formulated exclusively by means of asymptotic fields, is discussed for the simple example of Abelian U(1) gauge theory (Abelian Higgs model). Our findings are relevant for the electroweak theory, as pointed out elsewhere.
13 pages, latex, no figures

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High Energy Physics - Theory

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/187255

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https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9705216
 http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9705216
 J.Phys.A30:5785-5792,1997
 doi:10.1088/0305-4470/30/16/019

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