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Global Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory

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Effective Lagrangians for the Standard Model

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Symmetries play an important role in the determination of the structure of the different terms appearing in an effective Lagrangian. For this reason we briefly review in this chapter the basic notions related with global symmetries in quantum field theories (QFT). Starting from the Noether theorem for classical systems we derive the Ward identities for the Green functions. We also review the spontaneous symmetry breaking mechanism, the Goldstone theorem and the Dashen conditions for explicit symmetry breaking.

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  1. Departamento de Física Teórica Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense, E-28040, Madrid, Spain

    Professor Antonio Dobado, Dr. Angel Gómez-Nicola, Dr. Antonio L. Maroto & Dr. José R. Peláez

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Dobado, A., Gómez-Nicola, A., Maroto, A.L., Peláez, J.R. (1997). Global Symmetries in Quantum Field Theory. In: Effective Lagrangians for the Standard Model. Texts and Monographs in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59191-4_2

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