Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 303 3 b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
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.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 305 1 ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Let be the eigenvalues of the positive semidefinite matrix . The potential isFor and , each summand is minimized atso . A symmetry transformation preserves the representative precisely when , givingThe number of broken generators is , so the Goldstone theorem predicts modes, each a Goldstone boson.