Englert-Brout-Higgs-Guralnik-Hagen-Kibble mechanism
Abstract
The Englert-Brout-Higgs-Guralnik-Hagen-Kibble mechanism provides the means by which gauge vector bosons can acquire nonzero masses in the process of spontaneous symmetry breaking. It is a key element of the electroweak theory that forms part of the standard model of particle physics, and of many models, such as Grand Unified Theories, that go beyond it.
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Scholarpedia
- Pub Date:
- January 2009
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- Bibcode:
- 2009SchpJ...4.6441K