Broken Symmetries and the Masses of Gauge Bosons

1964/10/19 by Peter W. Higgs · 70 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.13.508

openalex publication_date 1964/10/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

Abstract

This article appears in the following collection:Letters from the Past - A PRL Retrospective2008 marked PRL's 50th anniversary. As part of the celebrations a collection of milestone Letters was started. The collection contains Letters that have made long-lived contributions to physics, either by announcing significant discoveries, or by initiating new areas of research.

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