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[-] sleep_deprived@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 days ago

electroweak unification

Oh, that's easy! Just take your understanding of how spontaneous symmetry breaking works in QCD, apply it to the Higgs field instead, toss in the Higgs mechanism, and suddenly SU(2) × U(1) becomes electromagnetism plus weak force!

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[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Thanks for that. My eyeballs retreated into my skull and made their escape through my ears. They just texted me from florida.

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