The Higgs mechanism and superconductivity: A case study of formal analogies

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2016.08.003zbMATH Open1348.81462OpenAlexW2519890518MaRDI QIDQ333952FDOQ333952

Authors: Doreen Fraser, Adam Koberinski 

Publication date: 31 October 2016

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/12449/1/Fraser%26Koberinski_HiggsAnalogiesSHPMP.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

spontaneous symmetry breakingsuperconductivityHiggs mechanismanalogies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Physics (00A79) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Statistical mechanics of superconductors (82D55)

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