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The 37 pages that link to Spontaneous symmetry breaking, each with the reason it gives.

• Standard ModelRelated: The Higgs field’s nonzero vacuum value breaks electroweak symmetry in the model.

• Higgs mechanismRelated: The Higgs field’s vacuum state breaks electroweak symmetry without explicitly violating gauge symmetry.

• Gauge symmetryCompared with: Its usual physical interpretation differs from local gauge redundancy, which is not a symmetry between distinct observable states.

• Order parameterRelated: A nonzero order parameter often signals that the ordered phase has broken a symmetry.

• MesonRelated: Chiral symmetry breaking shapes the masses and properties of light mesons.

• Grand Unified TheoryRelated: Breaking a unified symmetry can make the forces appear distinct at lower energies.

• Ising modelRelated: The two equally favored magnetization directions emerge from spin-flip symmetry.

• Critical temperatureRelated: Many ordering transitions at a critical temperature separate symmetric and symmetry-broken phases.

• Universality classRelated: The broken symmetry constrains the effective descriptions available near criticality.

• Symmetry breakingBroader topic: It is the central case: the laws remain symmetric while the realized state does not.

• Steven WeinbergRelated: It allows the electroweak equations to retain gauge symmetry while particles acquire mass.

• TechnicolorRelated: The technicolor vacuum breaks a symmetry that the underlying interaction preserves.

• Critical phenomenaRelated: It often distinguishes the ordered phase from the symmetric phase.

• Peter HiggsNarrower topic: The mechanism uses this idea to produce masses without removing gauge symmetry from the equations.

• Sheldon GlashowRelated: It allows electroweak symmetry to yield distinct electromagnetic and weak interactions.

• Thermodynamic limitRelated: A finite system can preserve symmetry while the thermodynamic limit permits distinct symmetry-broken states.

• Yukawa interactionNarrower topic: A nonzero scalar-field vacuum value makes the Yukawa interaction contribute to mass.

• Electroweak symmetry breakingNarrower topic: Electroweak breaking is a gauge-theory instance of this broader phenomenon.

• François EnglertBroader topic: The mechanism uses a symmetry-breaking vacuum state to generate particle masses.

• Ginzburg–Landau theoryRelated: A nonzero superconducting order parameter marks a symmetry-broken phase.

• Spherical symmetryCompared with: A rotationally invariant law can produce a particular state that is not spherically symmetric.

• Symmetry in physicsRelated: A symmetric law can produce a less symmetric physical state.

• Goldstone theoremNarrower topic: The theorem begins when the vacuum or ground state breaks a continuous symmetry.

• Mermin–Wagner theoremNarrower topic: The theorem rules out this phenomenon for a specified class of low-dimensional systems.

• Philip W. AndersonRelated: Anderson showed how broken symmetry explains collective states such as superconductivity.

• Robert BroutNarrower topic: Brout and Englert used this phenomenon to explain mass generation in a gauge theory.

• Yoichiro NambuBroader topic: Nambu established this mechanism as a central feature of subatomic physics.

• Gerard ’t HooftRelated: The electroweak theory uses this mechanism to give weak bosons mass.

• Scalar field theoryRelated: A scalar potential can favor a vacuum that breaks the theory's symmetry.

• Spontaneous magnetizationRelated: An ordered magnet selects a direction even when its governing laws do not.

• Symmetry in quantum mechanicsCompared with: The laws remain symmetric even when the realized quantum state is not.

• Curie's principleBroader topic: It gives a precise case where an outcome is less symmetric than its governing laws.

• Grand unification epochRelated: Cooling could break grand-unified symmetry and split the strong interaction from the electroweak force.

• Hypothetical particle physics modelsRelated: It can make new particles massive while preserving a theory's underlying symmetries.

• Lattice models in condensed matterRelated: Lattice interactions can produce ordered phases that select one among symmetry-related states.

• Mathematical formulation of the Standard ModelRelated: The Higgs field’s vacuum breaks electroweak symmetry while preserving electromagnetism.

• Symmetry-based models (mathematical physics)Related: It explains how symmetric laws can produce states with less symmetry and distinctive excitations.