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SYMMETRIES in PHYSICS

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Symmetry and Spontaneous Symmetry Break<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Selected Groups and Symmetries<br />

Spontaneous Symmetry Break<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Spontaneous Symmetry Break<strong>in</strong>g - Interpretation [1]<br />

Essential Facts about our Physical System:<br />

1 Considered system has 1 degree of freedom and axial symmetry<br />

2 ... but <strong>in</strong> the generalised coord<strong>in</strong>ates only 1 discrete symmetry:<br />

U(ϑ) = 2mgr s<strong>in</strong> 2 (ϑ/2)[1 − β cos 2 (ϑ/2)] ↔ U(+ϑ) = U(−ϑ)<br />

Essential Conclusions from Our Analysis:<br />

1 This symmetry holds for β < β crit. and β > β crit. potentials<br />

2 This symmetry holds only for one i.e. the β < β crit. solution<br />

3 For the β > β crit. solutions we have either ϑ o > 0 or ϑ o < 0<br />

4 For the β > β crit. solutions the orig<strong>in</strong>al symmetry is violated<br />

5 We have considered only the lowest energy (’ground’) states<br />

Jerzy DUDEK<br />

<strong>SYMMETRIES</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>PHYSICS</strong>

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