Artificial versus Substantial Gauge Symmetries: A Criterion and an Application to the Electroweak Model
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DOI: 10.1086/703571
Abstract: To systematically answer the generalized Kretschmann objection, I propose a mean to make operational a criterion widely recognized as allowing one to decide whether the gauge symmetry of a theory is artificial or substantial. My… read more here.
Keywords: substantial gauge; gauge; artificial versus; electroweak ... See more keywords