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Suppose that the unbroken symmetry group H is a connected one-parameter group. Then H = U(1), since that is the only connected one-dimensional compact Lie group. (H is compact because it is a closed subspace of the compact topological space G.)
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Schwarz, A.S. (1993). The Magnetic Charge. In: Quantum Field Theory and Topology. Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 307. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02943-5_16
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