 Fundamental-Higgs breaking of SU(3) to SU(2) (source code)

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= Fundamental-Higgs breaking of SU(3) to SU(2)
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For a complex fundamental scalar with vacuum expectation value proportional to $(0,0,v)$, the stabilizer is the $SU(2)$ acting on the first two components. Five broken generators produce five massive vector bosons, while three gauge bosons remain massless and one radial scalar remains physical.

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