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A Lagrangian for a physical system may be invariant under a given set of symmetry [1] transformations; but how the symmetry is realized in nature depends on the properties of the ground state. In field theories the ground state is the vacuum state. We will, therefore, have to know how the vacuum state responds to symmetry transformations.
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Mohapatra, R.N. (1992). Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking, Nambu-Goldstone Bosons, and the Higgs Mechanism. In: Unification and Supersymmetry. Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4373-9_2
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