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arxiv: 1202.5993 · v2 · submitted 2012-02-27 · ✦ hep-th

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Lorentz Violation and the Higgs Mechanism

Brett Altschul
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classification ✦ hep-th
keywords gaugelorentzfieldhiggsviolationalthoughbreakingcause
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We consider scalar quantum electrodynamics in the Higgs phase and in the presence of Lorentz violation. Spontaneous breaking of the gauge symmetry gives rise to Lorentz-violating gauge field mass terms. These may cause the longitudinal mode of the gauge field to propagate superluminally. The theory may be quantized by the Faddeev-Popov procedure, although the Lagrangian for the ghost fields also needs to be Lorentz violating.

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