New posts in Symmetry Breaking

Why is a minimum field configuration called a vacuum state in SSB?

Do pear-shaped nuclei really have anything to do with time travel?

Is a phason a Goldstone mode?

How is the ground state chosen in a spontaneous symmetry breaking process?

Lie groups with same algebra

Quantum Anomalies and Quantum Symmetries

How is Meissner effect explained by BCS theory?

Are there massless bosons at scales above electroweak scale?

What is the minimal symmetry required for a spin Hamiltonian to describe a spin-liquid ground state?

In what sense do Goldstone bosons live in the coset?