Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and the Higgs Mechanism
Fuente:
arXiv
Guardado en:
| Autor principal: | |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Preprint |
| Publicado: |
2025
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | |
| Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
| _version_ | 1866918231538663424 |
|---|---|
| author | Burdman, Gustavo |
| author_facet | Burdman, Gustavo |
| contents | The Higgs sector of the standard model of particle physics plays a central role in the generation of all the masses of elementary particles known so far. Here we give a pedagogical introduction to all the elements leading ot the Higgs mechanism and the Higgs boson, starting with the spontaneous symmetry breaking of global symmetries and the Goldstone theorem. We then consider the case of gauge symmetries, i.e. the Higgs mechanism, and its application to the electroweak sector of the standard model. We close with a reflection on the possible open questions that the very introduction of the Higgs sector in the standard model posses. |
| format | Preprint |
| id |
arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2512_04741 |
| institution | arXiv |
| publishDate | 2025 |
| record_format | arxiv |
| spellingShingle | Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and the Higgs Mechanism Burdman, Gustavo High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment The Higgs sector of the standard model of particle physics plays a central role in the generation of all the masses of elementary particles known so far. Here we give a pedagogical introduction to all the elements leading ot the Higgs mechanism and the Higgs boson, starting with the spontaneous symmetry breaking of global symmetries and the Goldstone theorem. We then consider the case of gauge symmetries, i.e. the Higgs mechanism, and its application to the electroweak sector of the standard model. We close with a reflection on the possible open questions that the very introduction of the Higgs sector in the standard model posses. |
| title | Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking and the Higgs Mechanism |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Phenomenology High Energy Physics - Experiment |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.04741 |