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Elitzur's theorem: a standalone construct

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theorem that local gauge symmetries cannot be spontaneously broken, so gauge-variant quantities have zero expectation value.

In particle physics, Elitzur's theorem refers to theorem that local gauge symmetries cannot be spontaneously broken, so gauge-variant quantities have zero expectation value. This meaning comes from Elitzur (1975) in Physical Review D.[1]

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References

Elitzur, S. (1975). Impossibility of spontaneously breaking local symmetries. Physical Review D, 12(12), 3978-3982. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.12.3978

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