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How could negative $W$ "eat" the positive Goldstone bosons $\phi_1$ and $\phi_2$?
In the Standard Model, the Higgs field is
$\Phi=\left(\begin{array}{c}\phi^+\\\phi^0\\\end{array}\right)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left(\begin{array}{c}\phi_1+i\phi_2\\\phi_3+i\phi_4\\\end{array}\right)$.
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Goldstone and longitudinal polarization equivalence between off-shell $W$s
If I understand correctly, the couplings of the longitudinal component of the $W$ and $Z$ bosons should be "equivalent" to the Goldstone bosons they ate after SSB.
In practice, this makes ...
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Does Goldstone-boson absorption by $W$ and $Z$ bosons mean that their masses are stochastic?
I have heard it explained that a complex doublet scalar field produces the Higgs boson, and also three Goldstone bosons which are absorbed by $W$ and $Z$ bosons, giving them mass.
Does this mean that ...
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