Open-access Coupled Oscillators, Frequency Transfer and the Higgs Mechanism’s Teaching

In this work we propose a simple model to teach the Higgs mechanism of spontaneous symmetry breaking in particle physics. The basic idea is associated with the analysis of two particle’s motion subjected to specific potentials that, in certain situations will reproduce oscillatory motions with the frequency transfer effect.

Keywords
Higgs mechanism; spontaneous symmetry breaking; Physics teaching

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