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Breaking of $SU(3)$ symmetry by bi-fundamental representation
Are there any general theorems which fix the possible symmetry breaking patterns of Lie groups (such as $SU(3)$) by vacuum expectation values of fields in specific representations (such as the quark ...
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Formal definition of gauge field and spinors in QFT
I am trying to pin down what spaces a spinor and gluon gauge field exactly occupy. I know that the spinor is a quantity $\psi_{i\alpha f}(\vec x, t)$ where
$i$ is a color index in the fundamental ...
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