Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Πυρηνική Φυσική και Φυσική Στοιχειωδών Σωματιδίων (ΒΑΣΙΚΗ ΦΥΣΙΚΗ)Library of the School of Science
Supervisors info:
Κωνσταντίνος Σφέτσος, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Φυσικής, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Original Title:
Γενικευμένες Διαστατικές Ελαττώσεις Τύπου Scherk-Schwarz
Translated title:
Generalized Dimensional Reductions of the Scherk-Schwarz type
Summary:
A generalized method of dimensional reduction is presented. Contrary to the usual approach, fields are allowed to depend on the coordinates
of the internal space. As a result, some of the fields of the reduced theory become massive, while the gauge symmetry of the theory becomes non-Abelian with the mass parameters acting as the structure constants. We study conditions for a well-behaved potential as well as the effects of the generalized dimensional reduction on Yang-Mills and Kalb-Ramond matter fields.
Main subject category:
Science
Keywords:
Dimensional Reduction, Gauge Symmetry, Abelian Fields, Massive Fields
