Timeline for Are fields $B_{\mu}$, $W_{\mu}$ only before electroweak symmetry breaking (EWSB), and $\gamma$, $Z$, $W^{\pm}$ after it?
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| Jan 13, 2023 at 11:31 | comment | added | Andrew | @MathieuKrisztian As far as I'm concerned, "electroweak symmetry breaking" is equivalent to "Higgs vev is nonzero." Although, your linked answer is correct, that you can't really spontaneously break a gauge symmetry, so "spontaneous symmetry breaking" is a misnomer for describing what happens in the electroweak sector, even though that's the standard terminology. | |
| Jan 13, 2023 at 9:02 | comment | added | Quillo | @Andrew sorry for the trivial question. Did you use the expression "higgs vev zero/not zero" rather than "symmetry breaking" because of this physics.stackexchange.com/a/439384/226902 ? | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 19:32 | comment | added | Mathieu Krisztian | Thank you for your kind explanation. | |
| Mar 13, 2022 at 19:32 | vote | accept | Mathieu Krisztian | ||
| Mar 13, 2022 at 18:59 | history | answered | Andrew | CC BY-SA 4.0 |