 SO(3) invariant quartic scalar potential (source code)

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= SO(3) invariant quartic scalar potential
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{title2=$V=\frac\lambda4(\Phi^T\Phi-v^2)^2$}

The <scalar potential> $V(\Phi)=\lambda(\Phi^T\Phi-v^2)^2/4$, with $\lambda>0$, is invariant under the <SO(3) group>. For $v>0$, its vacuum manifold is a sphere. Canonical scalar normalization gives radial mass squared $2\lambda v^2$.

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