The symmetry and simplicity of the laws of physics and the Higgs boson

DOI10.1088/0143-0807/37/1/015802zbMATH Open1338.81402arXiv1410.6753OpenAlexW2964094608MaRDI QIDQ2807272FDOQ2807272

Authors: Juan Maldacena 

Publication date: 20 May 2016

Published in: European Journal of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We describe the theoretical ideas, developed between the 1950s-1970s, which led to the prediction of the Higgs boson, the particle that was discovered in 2012. The forces of nature are based on symmetry principles. We explain the nature of these symmetries through an economic analogy. We also discuss the Higgs mechanism, which is necessary to avoid some of the naive consequences of these symmetries, and to explain various features of elementary particles.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.6753

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zbMATH Keywords

electromagnetismgauge theoryHiggs boson

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Unified quantum theories (81V22)

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