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In general, the global minimum of the scalar potential need not be the EWSB minimum, and it is far from clear that it is justified to consider only the Higgs potential when determining the vacuum: The vacuum could break, in principle, color and/or charge.
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(2001). Vacuum Stability. In: Supersymmetry: Structure and Phenomena. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 68. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44642-7_12
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