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Goldstone Boson Normal Coordinates

T. Michoel, A. Verbeure

math-pharXiv:math-ph/0001033

Abstract

The phenomenon of spontaneous symmetry breaking is well known. It is known to be accompanied with the appearance of the `Goldstone boson'. In this paper we construct the canonical coordinates of the Goldstone boson, for quantum spin systems with short range as well as long range interactions.

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