Practical Unification of Solid-State and Particle Physics in the Construction of the Higgs Mechanism
EPSA11 Perspectives and Foundational Problems in Philosophy of Science, Vassilios Karakostas; Dennis Dieks, Editör, Springer Nature, Bern, ss.253-264, 2013
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
- Basım Tarihi: 2013
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/978-3-319-01306-0_21
- Yayınevi: Springer Nature
- Basıldığı Şehir: Bern
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.253-264
- Editörler: Vassilios Karakostas; Dennis Dieks, Editör
- Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
A number of philosophical accounts have been offered as to what sort of unification exists between the electromagnetic and weak interactions in the Glashow-Weinberg-Salam electroweak theory of elementary particle physics. In this paper, unlike the previous studies, I seek to address how “unity” in science might be interpreted in view of the construction process of the Higgs mechanism, which was a decisive step in the construction of the electroweak theory.