The Just-So Higgs Story: A Response to Adrian Wüthrich

Autor:	Holger Lyre
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Particle physics Philosophy of science High Energy Physics::Phenomenology General Social Sciences Main contention Philosophy symbols.namesake Higgs field History and Philosophy of Science symbols Higgs boson Mathematical economics Higgs mechanism History general Lagrangian Mathematics
Zdroj:	Journal for General Philosophy of Science. 43:289-294
ISSN:	1572-8587 0925-4560
DOI:	10.1007/s10838-012-9200-6
Popis:	I give a response to Adrian Wuthrich's critical review of my analysis of the Higgs mechanism, in which I try to clarify some possible misunderstandings. I concede that, as Wuthrich points out, many physicists see the Higgs mechanism as the roll-over from a symmetrical potential in the initial Lagrangian to a symmetry-breaking potential, while my former analysis had basically focused on the gauge-invariant transformation of the initial Lagrangian into the intended form. My main contention, however, still is that neither Higgs story has (as yet) much explanatory power.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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