%0 Journal Article %A Anderberg, Tommy %D 2014 %T Unitary gauge considered harmful %U https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Unitary_gauge_considered_harmful/963540 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.963540.v1 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/1422342 %K qft %K field theory %K Quantum field theory %K eft %K ssb %K Higgs %K spontaneous symmetry breaking %K symmetry breaking %K gauge %K gauge fixing %K Particle Physics %K Cosmology %X

A bit dated now, partially superseded by Higgs discovery, new observational data, additional analysis and numerical results described in "The Forgotten Landscape". Still worth reading.

Abstract: I informally review the Higgs mechanism, focusing on fundamental aspects which should be common knowledge but apparently are not, explain why your understanding of gauge symmetry breaking is a decreasing function of your reliance on the unitary gauge, and discuss some implications for cosmology (domains, dark energy, CMB cold spot).

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