nLab massive Yang-Mills theory

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Idea

While Yang-Mills theory with a fundamental mass-term (as opposed to a dynamical mass via a Higgs mechanism) cannot be both renormalizable and unitary (Delbourgo, Twisk & Thompson 1988), it does appear in certain effective field theories, notably in quantum hadrodynamics.

References

General

In quantum hadrodynamics

Equivalence between hidden local symmetry- and massive Yang-Mills theory-description of Skyrmion quantum hadrodynamics:

  • Atsushi Hosaka, H. Toki, Wolfram Weise, Skyrme Solitons With Vector Mesons: Equivalence of the Massive Yang-Mills and Hidden Local Symmetry Scheme, 1988, Z. Phys. A332 (1989) 97-102 (spire:24079)

More on relation to Skyrmions:

  • Marcelo Ipinza, Patricio Salgado-Rebolledo, Meron-like topological solitons in massive Yang-Mills theory and the Skyrme model (arXiv:2005.04920)

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