Gauge-Higgs unification in orbifold models

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1229-1253

  Scrucca, Claudio A ^a   Serone, Marco ^b   Wulzer, Andrea ^b   Silvestrini, Luca ^c  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b SEZIONE DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beyond Standard Model; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; Gauge Symmetry; Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044455372     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/02/049     Document Type: Article

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