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Apparently before we apply the Higgs mechanism we have a set of massless bosons, the photon, the B, and the W1, W2 & W3 bosons.
I'm reading that the photon and Z boson that we are familiar with can be expressed as a combination of a mixture of some of these massless states:
[tex]\gamma = Bcos(\theta_w) + W_3sin(\theta_w)[/tex]
[tex]Z^0 = -Bsin(\theta_w) + W_3cos(\theta_w)[/tex]
In both cases, we have mixtures of two states that have no mass associated with them. Why is it that we produce a massive Z^0 out of this?
I'm reading that the photon and Z boson that we are familiar with can be expressed as a combination of a mixture of some of these massless states:
[tex]\gamma = Bcos(\theta_w) + W_3sin(\theta_w)[/tex]
[tex]Z^0 = -Bsin(\theta_w) + W_3cos(\theta_w)[/tex]
In both cases, we have mixtures of two states that have no mass associated with them. Why is it that we produce a massive Z^0 out of this?