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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
physical mechanism
ⓘ
theoretical construct in particle physics ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Higgs boson ⓘ |
| avoids | massless Goldstone bosons in gauge theories ⓘ |
| basedOn | Higgs field ⓘ |
| breaks | symmetry of the vacuum state ⓘ |
| category | symmetry breaking mechanism ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Salam–Weinberg model
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Model electroweak sector
|
| describes | generation of mass for fundamental particles ⓘ |
| doesNotExplain | mass of photon ⓘ |
| energyScale | electroweak scale ⓘ |
| explains |
masses of W boson and Z boson
ⓘ
nonzero rest mass of elementary particles ⓘ |
| field | particle physics ⓘ |
| framework | quantum field theory ⓘ |
| givesMassTo |
W boson
ⓘ
Z boson ⓘ charged leptons ⓘ quarks ⓘ |
| hasConsequence | short range of weak nuclear force ⓘ |
| implementedIn |
Standard Model
ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Model of particle physics
|
| involves |
Yukawa interactions
ⓘ
electroweak symmetry breaking ⓘ spontaneous symmetry breaking ⓘ |
| mathematicallyFormalizedIn | gauge theories with spontaneous symmetry breaking ⓘ |
| partOf |
Salam–Weinberg model
ⓘ
surface form:
electroweak theory
|
| predictionConfirmedBy | discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider ⓘ |
| predicts | existence of a scalar boson ⓘ |
| preserves |
local gauge invariance
ⓘ
renormalizability of the theory ⓘ |
| proposalYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| proposedBy |
Carl Hagen
ⓘ
surface form:
Carl Richard Hagen
François Englert ⓘ Gerald Guralnik ⓘ Peter Higgs ⓘ Robert Brout ⓘ Tom Kibble ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Higgs mechanism
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism
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| requires |
nonzero vacuum expectation value
ⓘ
symmetry of the Lagrangian ⓘ |
| resultsIn |
mass terms for fermions via Yukawa couplings
ⓘ
mass terms for gauge bosons ⓘ nonzero vacuum expectation value of the Higgs field ⓘ |
| typicallyDoesNotGiveMassTo |
gluon
ⓘ
photon ⓘ |
| usedFor | unification of electromagnetic and weak interactions ⓘ |
| uses |
Mexican hat potential
ⓘ
complex scalar field ⓘ |
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Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism
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Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble paper on broken symmetries
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Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble 1964 paper on broken symmetry and mass of gauge bosons
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Englert–Brout–Higgs–Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble mechanism
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Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism
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Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism
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Kibble mechanism
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Guralnik–Hagen–Kibble paper on symmetry breaking
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W− boson
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François Englert
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Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism
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François Englert
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Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism
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Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles
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Brout–Englert–Higgs mechanism
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't Hooft–Veltman gauge