An introduction to spontaneous symmetry breaking
Perhaps the most important aspect of symmetry in physics is the idea that a state does not need to have the same symmetries as the theory that describes it. This phenomenon is known as spontaneous symmetry breaking. In these lecture notes, starting from a careful definition of symmetry in physics...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SciPost
2019-12-01
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| Series: | SciPost Physics Lecture Notes |
| Online Access: | https://scipost.org/SciPostPhysLectNotes.11 |