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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 303 3 b Solution by
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Put . The uniform potential isIf both masses are positive, . If , only condenses, with ; symmetrically, only condenses when . The positive coordinate axes are continuous-transition lines. On , every pair withis a minimum; crossing this diagonal exchanges the two condensates, so it is a coexistence line ending at the origin.
Away from the diagonal the symmetry is . It is unbroken in the normal phase. In either one-condensate phase one factor is broken and the other remains, giving one Goldstone boson. On the diagonal the symmetry is enhanced to . For positive equal mass it is unbroken; for negative equal mass it breaks as and gives three Goldstone bosons. At the origin is unbroken although both quadratic modes are critical.
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