Rejoice-The Higgs Potential as a function of temperature (T) •In QFT, temperature changes the vacuum •Nature chooses the vacuum that is (1) a global min. & (2) stable •At high T (e.g. Big Bang), the Higgs will want to be at h=0 at which point all particles become massless!pic.twitter.com/UGMRAfJGcL
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As you can see, the Higgs potential changes its character when Tc~150 GeV, at which point it becomes energetically favorable to be at h=0 In cosmology this behavior is known as the 'Electroweak Phase Transition', since its when all fundamental particles acquire masspic.twitter.com/JevnbJj04I
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This might help clear up some confusion In the Standard Model, the masses of all fundamental particles are proportional to the value of (h) that minimizes the Higgs potential We denote this special value as〈h〉, and give it the name Vacuum Expectation Value (VEV)pic.twitter.com/HEAv8Wsl2W
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Replying to @InertialObservr
How do you write this beautiful math symbols in twitter?
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