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Generating mass and topological terms to the antisymmetric tensor matter field by Higgs mechanism

arXiv:hep-th/0701161 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2007.01.032

Abstract

The interaction between the complex antisymmetric tensor matter field and a scalar field is constructed. We analyze the Higgs mechanism and show the generation of mass and topological terms by spontaneous symmetry breaking.

Accepted for publication in Phys. Lett. B