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The massless limit of massive gauge fields
Sommerfeld Theory Colloquium (ASC)
English - June 26, 2024 15:30 - 41 minutes - 590 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsScience physics theoretical physics colloquium distinguished speakers astrophysics particle physics solid state physics quantum physics gravity Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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One of the simplest ways to make gauge fields massive is to add them a mass "by hand". Intuitively, one could expect that the corresponding massless theory would then be easy to recover. Yet, conventional methods indicate that such a limit is singular. In this talk, we will explore the massless limits of several massive gauge theories. We will identify the source of the apparent discontinuities and show that they are, in fact, simply an artifact of the perturbative approach. Then, we will discuss the consequences of this study on the relations between different gauge fields. Finally, we will conclude with a comment on the latest insights about these theories and their prospects.