Broken symmetry and Yang-Mills theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-11-23 v2
Abstract
From its inception in statistical physics to its role in the construction and in the development of the asymmetric Yang-Mills phase in quantum field theory, the notion of spontaneous broken symmetry permeates contemporary physics. This is reviewed with particular emphasis on the conceptual issues.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0406162,
title = {Broken symmetry and Yang-Mills theory},
author = {Francois Englert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0406162},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Latex 30 pages, 9 figures. Typo corrected. Contribution to "Fifty years of Yang Mills theory", editor G. 't Hooft, to be published by World Scientific