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ryanwilk
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Hi,
I'm doing an essay on the Higgs boson and I'm confused about what the "four degrees of freedom" of the Higgs field are. I know that the W and Z bosons become massive by absorbing 3 of the degrees of freedom and the remaining one becomes the Higgs boson but I don't really understand what this means. Are the degrees of freedom actual physical quantities?
Thanks.
I'm doing an essay on the Higgs boson and I'm confused about what the "four degrees of freedom" of the Higgs field are. I know that the W and Z bosons become massive by absorbing 3 of the degrees of freedom and the remaining one becomes the Higgs boson but I don't really understand what this means. Are the degrees of freedom actual physical quantities?
Thanks.