The Higgs Mechanism with Diagrams: a didactic approach
Abstract
We present a pedagogical treatment of the electroweak Higgs mechanism based solely on Feynman diagrams and S-matrix elements, without recourse to (gauge) symmetry arguments. Throughout, the emphasis is on Feynman rules and the Schwinger-Dyson equations; it is pointed out that particular care is needed in the treatment of tadpole diagrams and their symmetry factors.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- April 2024
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2404.08329
- Bibcode:
- 2024arXiv240408329K
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 35 pages