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Brading, K. and Castellanis, E. (2003) Symmetry in Physics: Philosophical Reflections. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

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• TITLE: Constitutive Elements of Non-Abelian Gauge Theories

  AUTHORS: Ademir E. Santana, Samuel Simon

  KEYWORDS: Gauge Fields, Constitutive Elements, Lie Symmetry

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Modern Physics, Vol.6 No.1, January 22, 2015

  ABSTRACT: A set, S, of constitutive elements characterizing mechanical theories is defined. In S, the role played by concepts such as mass, particle, fields and symmetry is discussed. This structure is first used to consider the Nother’s theorem from an algebraic point of view. As examples, we explore non-relativistic quantum mechanics and special relativistic particles. The set S is then applied to analyze non-abelian gauge theories, considering the Higgs mechanism for generation of mass.