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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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

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

• 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.

• 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.