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t1 is the time that before t1, SSB does not take place. And t3>t1, after t3 the maxima VEV appears.

Thank you. In the picture, the Fig. 1 is used by many people to explain Higgs mechanism. When t<t1, SSB does not happen, and when t>t3, we have W/Z. Since I am not sure the exact meaning of "the VEV grows continuously from zero", I want to know when t1<t<t3, which one is correct, Fig.2, Fig.3...

hi, I am studying the Higgs Mechanism these days. And I get two questions. I hope some ones could help me. 1>We know that due to the non-zero VEV, SSB takes place and higgs condensates give masses to bosons and fermions. I wonder that after the SSB and before the universe became as cool...

I hope you can find what you want from this lecture. http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/0510023

why does the term -\frac{1}{2\mu^2_\phi}u^a u^b\partial_a\phi\partial_b\phi stand for the interaction between aether and scalar field? thanks