Liu, Chuang
(2002)
Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking: Its Meaning From a Simple Classical Model.
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Abstract
This paper aims at answering the simple question `what is spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB)?` by analyzing from a philosophical perspective a simple classical model which exhibits all the requisite properties of SSB. Related questions include: what does it mean to say that a symmetry is spontaneously broken? Is it broken without any cause, or is the symmetry not broken but merely hidden? Is the meta-principle, `no asymmetry in, no asymmetry out,` violated by SSB? And what is the role in this of random perturbations (or fluctuations)?
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Preprint
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Creators: |
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Liu, Chuang | | |
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Keywords: |
Physics, Fields and Particles, Symmetry |
Depositing User: |
Program Committee
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Date Deposited: |
23 Mar 2003 |
Last Modified: |
07 Oct 2010 15:11 |
Item ID: |
1083 |
Date: |
2002 |
URI: |
https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1083 |
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