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The Abelian Higgs Mechanism
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Depends on Goldstone's Theorem, Local U(1) Gauge Invariance and Minimal Coupling, Proca Field and Its Degrees of Freedom
Statement
Gauging a spontaneously broken U(1) lets the would-be Goldstone boson become the longitudinal mode of the gauge field, giving it a mass while conserving total degrees of freedom.
Depends on
Goldstone's Theorem, Local U(1) Gauge Invariance and Minimal Coupling, Proca Field and Its Degrees of Freedom
Used by
PU-402/L23