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Higgs mechanism: a standalone construct

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the process by which gauge bosons acquire mass through the spontaneous breaking of a gauge symmetry by a scalar field.

In particle physics, Higgs mechanism refers to the process by which gauge bosons acquire mass through the spontaneous breaking of a gauge symmetry by a scalar field. This meaning comes from Higgs (1964) in Physical Review Letters.[1]

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References

Higgs, P. W. (1964). Broken Symmetries and the Masses of Gauge Bosons. Physical Review Letters, 13(16), 508-509. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.13.508

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