The Higgs field

Particle Physics 2: Standard Model (Winter, 2010)

Lecture Playlist

  1. Particles fields and forces

  2. Quantum chromodynamics

  3. Group theory – part 1

  4. Group theory – part 2

  5. Gauge fields and symmetry

  6. The weak interaction

  7. Spontaneous symmetry breaking and Goldstone bosons

  8. The Higgs field

  9. The Higgs field and fermions

  10. Renormalization and the running of coupling constants

March 1, 2010

The Goldstone boson gets eaten, giving mass to the gauge boson via the Higgs field.

Topics: 
  • Spontaneous continuous symmetry breaking
  • Local variation of gauge invariance - Goldstone bosons
  • The Higgs particle
  • Covariant derivative