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Radial and angular modes of an orthogonally invariant scalar potential (mη2​=2λv2)

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics Quantum field theory Spontaneous symmetry breaking Goldstone theorem
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For V=m2ϕ2/2+λ(ϕ2)2/4, m2<0, the vacuum manifold is a sphere of radius v=−m2/λ​. At a chosen vacuum the Hessian matrix is 2λv2nnT, where n is its unit direction. The radial scalar has mass squared 2λv2; the n−1 angular modes are physical Goldstone bosons when the symmetry is global.

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