Symmetry Breaking in the Standard Model A Non-Perturbative Outlook

The book provides a non-perturbative approach to the symmetry breaking in the standard model, in this way avoiding the critical issues which affect the standard presentations. The debated empirical meaning of global and local gauge symmetries is clarified. The absence of Goldstone bosons in the Higg...

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Main Author: Strocchi, Franco
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Pisa Scuola Normale Superiore 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Series:Lecture Notes (Scuola Normale Superiore)
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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