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Gauge theories as theories of spontaneous breakdown

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Any gauge theory is proved to arise from spontaneous breakdown of symmetry under certain infinite parameter group, the corresponding gauge field being the Goldstone field by which this breakdown is accompanied.

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  1. Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, U.S.S.R.

    E. A. Ivanov & V. I. Ogievetsky

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Ivanov, E.A., Ogievetsky, V.I. Gauge theories as theories of spontaneous breakdown. Lett Math Phys 1, 309–313 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00398486

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