Published November 2007 | Version v1
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Spontaneous broken symmetry

Creators

  • 1. International Solvay Institutes, Bruxelles (Belgium)
  • 2. Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Service de Physique Theorique (Belgium)

Description

The concept of spontaneous broken symmetry is reviewed in the presence of global symmetries both in matter and particle physics. This concept is then taken over to confront local symmetries in relativistic field theory. Emphasis is placed on the basic concepts where, in the former case, the vacuum of spontaneous broken symmetry is degenerate whereas that of local (or gauge) symmetry is gauge invariant. (authors)

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Additional titles

Original title (English)
Brisure spontanee de symetrie

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.crhy.2006.12.004;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Comptes Rendus. Physique
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
no.9
Journal Page Range
p. 973-985
ISSN
1631-0705

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
39087127
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
FERROMAGNETISM; GOLDSTONE BOSONS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; SUPERFLUIDITY; SYMMETRY BREAKING; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FIELD THEORIES; MAGNETISM; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POSTULATED PARTICLES

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