https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202227402016
Excited States of “Elementary” Particles in Gauge-Higgs Theories
Physics and Astronomy Dept., San Francisco State University, San Francisco CA 94117 USA
* e-mail: greensit@sfsu.edu
** e-mail: kazuem@sfsu.edu
Published online: 22 December 2022
We show that the gauge and scalar fields which surround static ions in the Ginzburg-Landau model of superconductivity have a spectrum of excitations which are potentially observable. This ties in with earlier results along these lines found in a variety of gauge Higgs theories. Excitations of this type would appear as a mass spectrum of the “elementary” particles in the theory.
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