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  1. Journal for General Philosophy of Science
  2. Journal for General Philosophy of Science : Volume 45
  3. Journal for General Philosophy of Science : Volume 45, Issue 2, October 2014
  4. On the Heuristics of the Higgs Mechanism
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On the Heuristics of the Higgs Mechanism

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Author Rivat, Sébastien
Copyright Year 2014
Abstract This article has two aims. First, I undertake an extensive review of the Higgs mechanism and its connections with spontaneous symmetry breaking and the Goldstone theorem. I take the opportunity to expound and discuss a certain number of philosophical issues, amongst them surplus structure and redundancies. Second, I offer a defence of the metaphor according to which ‘gauge fields eat Goldstone bosons to gain a mass’ as sensible rather than merely misleading. It is sensible because there is a direct physical correspondence between the longitudinal polarization of massive gauge fields and Goldstone bosons, which is not merely set by a gauge-fixing procedure. In these terms, I wish to argue that the mechanism which allows for the discovery of the Higgs boson has more than merely heuristic and methodological virtue.
Starting Page 351
Ending Page 367
Page Count 17
File Format PDF
ISSN 09254560
Journal Journal for General Philosophy of Science
Volume Number 45
Issue Number 2
e-ISSN 15728587
Language English
Publisher Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date 2014-08-08
Publisher Place Dordrecht
Access Restriction One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword Higgs mechanism Goldstone bosons Spontaneous symmetry breaking Gauge theories Quantum field theories Realism Philosophy of Science History Philosophy of Education Methodology of the Social Sciences Social Sciences
Content Type Text
Resource Type Article
Subject Philosophy Social Sciences History and Philosophy of Science
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