Logo

An Introduction to Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

Small book cover: An Introduction to Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

An Introduction to Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking
by

Publisher: arXiv.org
Number of pages: 149

Description:
In these lecture notes, starting from a careful definition of symmetry in physics, we introduce symmetry breaking and its consequences. Emphasis is placed on the physics of singular limits, showing the reality of symmetry breaking even in small-sized systems. Topics covered include Nambu-Goldstone modes, quantum corrections, phase transitions, topological defects and gauge fields. We provide many examples from both high energy and condensed matter physics. These notes are suitable for graduate students.

Home page url

Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(1.9MB, PDF)

Similar books

Book cover: Introduction to the physics of hot and dense hadronic matterIntroduction to the physics of hot and dense hadronic matter
by - GSI
Content: Kinematics; Scattering theory; Thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter; Transport in theory and practice; Chiral symmetry in vacuum and at finite density; The properties of hadrons in dense / hot matter and possible signatures.
(9024 views)
Book cover: Elements of Group TheoryElements of Group Theory
by - arXiv
The following notes are the basis for a graduate course. They are oriented towards the application of group theory to particle physics, although some of it can be used for general quantum mechanics. They have no pretense of mathematical rigor.
(16434 views)
Book cover: The Standard ModelThe Standard Model
by - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
From the table of contents: QED as an Abelian Gauge Theory; Non-Abelian Gauge Theories; Quantum Chromodynamics; Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking; The Standard Model with one Family; Additional Generations; Neutrinos; Supersymmetry.
(11354 views)
Book cover: Particle PhysicsParticle Physics
by - InTech
Interest in particle physics continues among scientists and the general public. This book includes theoretical aspects, with chapters outlining the generation model and a charged Higgs boson model as alternative scenarios to the Standard Model.
(10259 views)