Symmetry breaking
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Symmetry breaking
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In physics, symmetry breaking is a phenomenon where a disordered but symmetric state collapses into an ordered, but less symmetric state. This collapse is often one of many possible bifurcations that a particle can take as it approaches a lower energy state. Due to the many possibilities, an observer may assume the result of the collapse to be arbitrary. This phenomenon is fundamental to quantum field theory (QFT), and further, contemporary understandings of physics. Specifically, it plays a cen
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Physical process transitioning a system from a symmetric state to a more ordered state
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry_breaking
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2024-02-27T09:02:50Z
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