Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-02-23
Phys.Lett. B515 (2001) 442-446
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Latex, 7 pages, 1 fig. Few references added. Final version to appear in Phys.Lett.B
Scientific paper
10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00781-X
We show that a pure gauge theory in higher dimensions may lead to an effective lower-dimensional theory with massive vector field, broken gauge symmetry and no fundamental Higgs boson. The mechanism we propose employs the localization of a vector field on a lower-dimensional defect. No non-zero expectation values of the vector field components along extra dimensions are required. New possibilities for the solution to the gauge hierarchy problem are discussed.
Shaposhnikov Mikhail
Tinyakov Peter
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