Fundamental interactions are mediated by bosonic fields, quanta of
which are realized as particles. The properties of these fields
typically obey certain symmetry rules. In this book we discuss the
symmetry between two types of interactions - electromagnetic, which
are familiar to anyone who turned on the electric lights, and weak,
which govern the nuclear reactions that fuel the Sun. While there
is a symmetry between these two types of interactions, it is
broken. The unified theory of electroweak interactions was
developed over 50 years ago. The Higgs scalar field named after one
of the theorists that proposed it, is believed to be responsible
for the breaking of the electroweak symmetry. Yet, it is only now
after the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 by the LHC
experiments, that we can study the mechanism of the electroweak
symmetry breaking. This book discusses the theoretical developments
that led to the construction of this theory, the discovery and the
experimental observations that need to come to fully establish the
validity of the model.
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