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

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2016.08.003MaRDI QIDQ333952zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

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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