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Conformal symmetry breaking and mass generation

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We consider an extension of the supersymmetry formalism in order to include gauge fields. We construct a fiber bundle P(M 4×{θ}, G) over the superspace with the gauge group as the structural group. We obtain the equations of interacting pure Yang-Mills and massless Higgs fields, considering these fields as the components of the same gauge field. Moreover, by fixing a gauge we generate a mass as a result of the supersymmetry breaking.

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  1. Laboratoire de Mécanique Relativiste, Tour 56-66, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France

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Maia, E. Conformal symmetry breaking and mass generation. Lett Math Phys 5, 531–537 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00408135

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