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* Great descriptions can be found in [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/0910.5167v1.pdf|Gravity from a Particle Physicists’ perspective]] by Roberto Percacci and | * Great descriptions can be found in [[https://arxiv.org/pdf/0910.5167v1.pdf|Gravity from a Particle Physicists’ perspective]] by Roberto Percacci and | ||
* in section 3.3. of [[http://pages.physics.cornell.edu/~ajd268/Notes/QFTIII.pdf|Solitons and Instantons]] by JEFF ASAF DROR | * in section 3.3. of [[http://pages.physics.cornell.edu/~ajd268/Notes/QFTIII.pdf|Solitons and Instantons]] by JEFF ASAF DROR | ||
- | * Another great summary can be found in https://arxiv.org/pdf/1405.5532.pdf | + | * Another great summary can be found in https://arxiv.org/pdf/1405.5532.pdf |
<tabbox Why is it interesting?> | <tabbox Why is it interesting?> | ||
The Higgs mechanism is a crucial ingredient of the [[models:standard_model|standard model of particle physics]]. Without the Higgs mechanism, all particles are not allowed to have a mass, because such terms would violate the [[advanced_tools:gauge_symmetry|gauge symmetry]]. (Breaking of [[advanced_tools:gauge_symmetry|gauge symmetry]] is a bad thing, because the [[advanced_tools:renormalization|renormalizability]], i.e. the removing of the infinities that pop-up in most [[theories:quantum_field_theory:canonical|quantum field theory]] calculations, depends on the existence of gauge symmetry.) | The Higgs mechanism is a crucial ingredient of the [[models:standard_model|standard model of particle physics]]. Without the Higgs mechanism, all particles are not allowed to have a mass, because such terms would violate the [[advanced_tools:gauge_symmetry|gauge symmetry]]. (Breaking of [[advanced_tools:gauge_symmetry|gauge symmetry]] is a bad thing, because the [[advanced_tools:renormalization|renormalizability]], i.e. the removing of the infinities that pop-up in most [[theories:quantum_field_theory:canonical|quantum field theory]] calculations, depends on the existence of gauge symmetry.) |