Chronology of Milestone Events in Particle Physics - GOLDSTONE 1961
Chronology of Milestone Events in Particle Physics

GOLDSTONE 1961

Goldstone, J.;
Field Theories with "Superconductor'' Solutions
Nuovo Cim. 19 (1961) 154;

Summary
The conclusion for the existence of non-perturbative type "superconductor'' solutions of field theories are examined. A non-covariant canonical transformation method is used to find such solutions for a theory of a fermion interacting with a pseudoscalar boson. A covariant renormalizable method using Feynman integrals is then given. A "superconductor'' solution is found whenever in the normal perturbative-type solution the boson mass squared is negative and the coupling constants satisfy certain inequalities. The symmetry properties of such solutions are examined with the aid of a simple model of self-interacting boson field. The solutions have lower symmetry than the Lagrangian and contain mass zero bosons.

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See also
N. N. Bogolyubov, JETP 7 (1958) 51;
N. N. Bogolyubov, Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 34 (1958) 73;

Particles studied
  goldstone ex, qn, mass

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