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thank you both so much for replying muppet: my computer doesn't recognize the file type, and doesn't know which program to use to open it. I don't recognize the ending ".ps" either. If u can tell me how to open it I'd appreciate it. I know the author simplifies the theory, but yet I think...

what is "q" (the charge) in higgs mechanism? hi, does anybody know what kind of charge the "q" stand for in the higgs mechanism? I mean the mechanism between the weak force mediators: W & Z, and the higgs boson, which leads to them acquiring mass. I've learned about it from the...

thank you Polyrhythmic, you really helped me. (:

Polyrhthmic, thanks for your answer. Yes I guess I am (although in my edition it's on a different page). That's what I'm referring to. Though I'd appreciate an explanation: 1. how do you conclude that a field which can be removed by a gauge transformation is unphysical? 2. why is it that such a...

hi in "Introduction to Elementary Particles" ed. 2 / David Griffiths the writer states that a bilinear vertex in two different fields is always impossible (my words). or in other words: theoretically we can't have a fundamental vertex with one particle coming in and one going out. and...