“Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles”

E173203

“Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles” is a seminal theoretical physics paper by Gerald Guralnik that contributed to the understanding of spontaneous symmetry breaking and the origin of mass in quantum field theory.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf scientific paper ⓘ
theoretical physics paper ⓘ
addresses conditions for the appearance of massless modes ⓘ
constraints from global symmetries on particle spectra ⓘ
author Gerald S. Guralnik ⓘ
linked to: Gerald Guralnik
context quantum field theory of interacting fields ⓘ
contributionTo understanding of spontaneous symmetry breaking ⓘ
understanding of the origin of mass in quantum field theory ⓘ
describedAs seminal paper in theoretical physics ⓘ
seminal work on spontaneous symmetry breaking ⓘ
field quantum field theory ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
focusesOn implications of symmetry breaking for particle masses ⓘ
relationship between global conservation laws and massless excitations ⓘ
hasAuthor Gerald Guralnik ⓘ
Gerald S. Guralnik ⓘ
linked to: Gerald Guralnik
hasSubjectArea high-energy physics ⓘ
particle physics ⓘ
symmetry principles in physics ⓘ
influenced later work on the Standard Model of particle physics ⓘ
language English ⓘ
partOf historical development of the Higgs mechanism ⓘ
relatedTo Goldstone theorem ⓘ
linked to: Goldstone bosons

Higgs mechanism ⓘ
electroweak symmetry breaking ⓘ
gauge symmetry breaking ⓘ
mass generation for gauge bosons ⓘ
topic global conservation laws ⓘ
massless particles ⓘ
origin of mass ⓘ
spontaneous symmetry breaking ⓘ
symmetry breaking in quantum field theory ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gerald Guralnik → notableWork → “Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles” ⓘ
Gerald Guralnik → notableWork → “Broken Symmetries and the Masses of Gauge Bosons” ⓘ
linked to: “Global Conservation Laws and Massless Particles”