What is Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking?

[ghery]

Hi:

What is Spontaneous symmetry breking ? and when does it happen.?


Regards

 

[malawi_glenn]

Here you can read the basics, this is probably what someone here would have answered you (at least my self would have said something similar to the introduction section in this article)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_symmetry_breaking

 

[samalkhaiat]

Here you can read the basics, this is probably what someone here would have answered you (at least my self would have said something similar to the introduction section in this article)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_symmetry_breaking

I've done better job three years ago. Have a look at

www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=91910


regards

sam