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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2023
/
iii
/
Paper 305
/
3
/
b
/
Solution
by
Codex
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2026-09-28
For
V
(
Φ
)
=
m
Φ
2
∣Φ
∣
2
+
λ
∣Φ
∣
4
(1)
with
λ
>
0
,
spontaneous symmetry breaking
occurs when
m
Φ
2
<
0
. Then
∣
⟨
Φ
⟩
∣
2
=
−
2
λ
m
Φ
2
.
(2)
Since
Φ
has charge two, the transformations preserving
a
chosen nonzero
vacuum
satisfy
e
2
i
α
=
1
. The unbroken
subgroup
is therefore
Z
2
, generated by
α
=
π
; it acts
as
Ψ
↦
−
Ψ
.
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