definition 104.14 Spontaneous breaking

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depends_on proposition 104.15 The Mexican-hat minimum ¶
depends_on theorem 104.17 Goldstone's theorem, tree level ¶
- depends_on theorem 104.25 The breaking pattern ¶
  - depends_on proposition 113.3 Degrees of freedom before and after ¶
- depends_on theorem 104.22 Kibble: the gauge-boson mass matrix ¶
  - depends_on theorem 104.25 The breaking pattern ¶ ↺
  - depends_on theorem 104.28 The gauge boson masses ¶
    - depends_on theorem 104.41 Ross–Veltman: $\rho$ counts the representation ¶
      - depends_on phenomenon 113.6 The weak bosons are massive and the photon is not ¶

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`depends_on`	←	The Mexican-hat minimum	declared	parts/11-qft-standard-model/06-electroweak-higgs.tex:631
`depends_on`	←	Goldstone's theorem, tree level	declared	parts/11-qft-standard-model/06-electroweak-higgs.tex:715