paper

A Brief Course in Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking II. Modern Times: The BEH Mechanism

arXiv:hep-th/0203097

Abstract

The theory of symmetry breaking in presence of gauge fields is presented, following the historical track. Particular emphasis is placed upon the underlying concepts.

LaTeX file, 25 pages 9 figures. Presented at the 2001 Corfu Summer Institute on Elementary Particle Physics