Abstract
Use is made of the formalism of nonlinear realizations to treat the spontaneous violation of conformal symmetry. The associated "Goldstone" particles, which are characterized by a four-vector and a scalar field, are unusual in that they possess mass.
- Received 26 December 1968
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.184.1760
©1969 American Physical Society
