%0 Journal Article
%T Extra dimensions as an alternative to Higgs mechanism?
%A Mikhail Shaposhnikov
%A Peter Tinyakov
%J Physics
%D 2001
%I arXiv
%R 10.1016/S0370-2693(01)00781-X
%X We show that a pure gauge theory in higher dimensions may lead to an effective lower-dimensional theory with massive vector field, broken gauge symmetry and no fundamental Higgs boson. The mechanism we propose employs the localization of a vector field on a lower-dimensional defect. No non-zero expectation values of the vector field components along extra dimensions are required. New possibilities for the solution to the gauge hierarchy problem are discussed.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0102161v2