Uploaded December 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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In this video, I explain how spontaneous symmetry breaking can be used to produce masses for more than just vector bosons via the Higgs mechanism. I show how spontaneous symmetry breaking can also give mass to fermions through Yukawa couplings.


That Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking Video I mentioned:
youtu.be/MYBi4sgP4t8

Quantum Field Theory Lecture Series:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSpklniGdSfSsk7BSZjONcfhRGKNa2uou

Superfluid Helium Resonance Experiment video:
youtu.be/unUNQNmuvUQ


At 4:28 there is a minor typo. In the very bottom right most equation, there is an A_mu on the left side of the equals sign that clearly isn't supposed to be there.