Higgs Mechanism
3rd Lecture in QFT Series by Hasan Mohammad
Introduction
 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics
 1964 PRL papers
 2012 Higgs Boson Discovery
Lecture Content
 Symmetry Breaking
 Mass Terms in Lagrangian
 SSB and Mass
 Lagrangians with Multiple Particles
 Higgs Mechanism
Concept Review
FieldTheorySymmetryBreaking
FieldTheorySymmetryBreaking
FieldTheorySymmetryBreaking
FieldTheorySymmetryBreaking
FieldPotentials
Mass Terms
Mass Terms
Mass Terms
SSM and Mass
SSM and Mass
SSM and Mass
Interaction Terms
Interaction Terms
Multiple Particles
Multiple Particles
Multiple Particles
Multiple Particles
Multiple Particles
Free Parts
Free Parts
Free Parts
Higgs Mechanism!
Higgs Mechanism!
Higgs Mechanism!
Using the Higgs
Using the Higgs
Final Lagrangian
Components
Final words…

Higgs Mechanism