KnowraSpontaneous symmetry breakingLinked fromLinked fromThe 37 pages that link to Spontaneous symmetry breaking, each with the reason it gives.All 37Broader topic 4Related 24Narrower topic 6Compared with 3Peter HiggsNarrower topic: The mechanism uses this idea to produce masses without removing gauge symmetry from the equations.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.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.Robert BroutNarrower topic: Brout and Englert used this phenomenon to explain mass generation in a gauge theory.