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Higgs field

scalar field whose vacuum expectation value spontaneously breaks electroweak gauge symmetry
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Higgs field

Summary

Higgs field ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Peter Higgs is named after Higgs field[2].
  • Higgs field's subclass of is recorded as scalar field[3].
  • Higgs field's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0246448[4].
  • Higgs field's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Higgs-field[5].
  • Higgs field's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/higgs[6].
  • Higgs field's has effect is recorded as electroweak interaction[7].
  • Higgs field's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121qfsqt[8].
  • Higgs field's Quora topic ID is recorded as Higgs-Field[9].
  • Higgs field's nLab ID is recorded as Higgs field[10].
  • Higgs field's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 179885171[11].
  • Higgs field's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C179885171[12].
  • Higgs field's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as camp-de-higgs[13].

Why It Matters

Higgs field ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Peter Higgs

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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