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krishna mohan
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Book: Maggiore-A modern Introduction to QFT
Section:11.1
He says that if a symmetry transformation multiplies the vacuum state by a constant phase factor only, the symmetry is not broken..
Section:11.2
U(1) symmetry is spontaneously broken...multiplication by exp(i theta) takes the vacuum state to another state on the circle of minima..
But isn't this multiplication by a phase factor? How can you reconcile this with the statement in the previous section?
Section:11.1
He says that if a symmetry transformation multiplies the vacuum state by a constant phase factor only, the symmetry is not broken..
Section:11.2
U(1) symmetry is spontaneously broken...multiplication by exp(i theta) takes the vacuum state to another state on the circle of minima..
But isn't this multiplication by a phase factor? How can you reconcile this with the statement in the previous section?