# On the generation of the particles through spontaneous symmetry breaking

## TL;DR

This paper discusses the Weinberg-Salam-Glashow model of electroweak interactions, demonstrating how spontaneous symmetry breaking gives mass to W and Z bosons while keeping the photon massless, and also imparts mass to leptons.

## Contribution

It presents the electroweak model with spontaneous symmetry breaking, showing how gauge symmetry breaking leads to massive gauge bosons and leptons within a unified framework.

## Key findings

- Massive W and Z bosons are obtained with specific parameters.
- Photon remains massless after symmetry breaking.
- Leptons acquire mass through the same Higgs mechanism.

## Abstract

In this paper we present the Weiberg-Salam-Glashow model of the electroweak interactions. With a specific choice of parameters can be obtained massive Z and W$^{\pm}$ bosons , while keeping the photon massless. These results are obtained by breaking the local gauge invariant SU(2)$_L \times$ U(1)$_Y$ symmetry. The same Higgs doublet which generates W$^{\pm}$ and Z masses is also sufficient to give masses to the leptons.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1703.07236