Introduction To Gauge-higgs Unification, An: Extra Dimensions In Particle Physics

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Yutaka Hosotani (Osaka University, Japan)

Introduction To Gauge-higgs Unification, An

Extra Dimensions In Particle Physics

Yutaka Hosotani (Osaka University, Japan)

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English

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
10 January 2025

Particle & high-energy physics; Astrophysics

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What is the Higgs boson? How are all forces unified in particle physics?

What is a mechanism for gauge symmetry breaking?

Are there extra dimensions in spacetime?

The Higgs boson discovered in 2012 is a crucial piece in the standard model for unifying electromagnetic and weak forces.

Gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken by the Higgs mechanism.

There is an alternative scenario.

In the Hosotani mechanism gauge symmetry is spontaneously broken by dynamics of gauge fields in the fifth dimension.

The Higgs boson appears as a fluctuation mode of an Aharonov-Bohm phase in the fifth dimension.

This leads to the scenario of gauge-Higgs unification.

In this book gauge-Higgs unification is introduced from the basics and is applied to electroweak unification.

It is seen that gauge-Higgs unification gives nearly the same phenomenology at low energies as the standard model, and leads to many predictions to be confirmed in future experiments.

By: Yutaka Hosotani (Osaka University Japan)
Imprint: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Country of Publication: Singapore
ISBN: 9789819800971
ISBN 10: 9819800978
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 10 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active