Higgs mechanism
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The Higgs mechanism is a process in particle physics that explains how fundamental particles acquire mass through their interaction with the Higgs field.
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| instanceOf |
physical mechanism
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theoretical construct in particle physics → |
| associatedWith |
Higgs boson
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| avoids |
massless Goldstone bosons in gauge theories
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| basedOn |
Higgs field
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| breaks |
symmetry of the vacuum state
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| category |
symmetry breaking mechanism
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| centralTo |
Standard Model electroweak sector
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| describes |
generation of mass for fundamental particles
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| doesNotExplain |
mass of photon
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| energyScale |
electroweak scale
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| explains |
masses of W boson and Z boson
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nonzero rest mass of elementary particles → |
| field |
particle physics
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| framework |
quantum field theory
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| givesMassTo |
W boson
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Z boson → charged leptons → quarks → |
| hasConsequence |
short range of weak nuclear force
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| implementedIn |
Standard Model of particle physics
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| involves |
Yukawa interactions
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electroweak symmetry breaking → spontaneous symmetry breaking → |
| mathematicallyFormalizedIn |
gauge theories with spontaneous symmetry breaking
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| partOf |
electroweak theory
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| predictionConfirmedBy |
discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider
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| predicts |
existence of a scalar boson
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| preserves |
local gauge invariance
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renormalizability of the theory → |
| proposalYear |
1964
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| proposedBy |
Carl Richard Hagen
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François Englert → Gerald Guralnik → Peter Higgs → Robert Brout → Tom Kibble → |
| relatedTo |
Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism
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| requires |
nonzero vacuum expectation value
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symmetry of the Lagrangian → |
| resultsIn |
mass terms for fermions via Yukawa couplings
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mass terms for gauge bosons → nonzero vacuum expectation value of the Higgs field → |
| typicallyDoesNotGiveMassTo |
gluon
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photon → |
| usedFor |
unification of electromagnetic and weak interactions
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| uses |
Mexican hat potential
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complex scalar field → |
Referenced by (19)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Carl Hagen
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Gerald Guralnik → Gerald Guralnik ("Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble paper on broken symmetries") → Peter Higgs → Robert Brout ("Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism") → Tom Kibble → Tom Kibble ("Kibble mechanism") → |
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François Englert
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François Englert ("Englert–Brout–Higgs–Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble mechanism") → Tom Kibble ("Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble paper on symmetry breaking") → |
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Gerald Guralnik
("Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble 1964 paper on broken symmetry and mass of gauge bosons")
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coAuthorOf |
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Gerald Guralnik
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coDiscovererOf |
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Higgs field
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hasMechanism |
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Standard Model
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includesMechanism |
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Higgs boson
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mechanism |
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Higgs mechanism
("Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism")
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relatedTo |
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Peter Higgs
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theory |
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Robert Brout
("Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism")
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theoryDeveloped |
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Salam–Weinberg model
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uses |