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Symmetry Breaking

Symmetry Breaking is a phenomenon in pattern formation whereby a system transitions from a symmetric state to an asymmetric state, losing some of its initial invariance under transformations that previously left the system unchanged.

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Novel Type of Phase Transition in a System of Self-Driven Particles

Tamás Vicsek, András Czirók, Eshel Ben‐Jacob et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1995 · 7.4K citations · Full text

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A New Light Boson?

Steven Weinberg · Physical Review Letters · 1978 · 5.2K citations

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Cosmology for Grand Unified Theories with Radiatively Induced Symmetry Breaking

Andreas Albrecht, Paul J. Steinhardt · Physical Review Letters · 1982 · 5K citations

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Infinite conformal symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theory

A. A. Belavin, A. Polyakov, A. B. Zamolodchikov · Nuclear Physics B · 1984 · 4.9K citations · Full text

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Unitary Symmetry and Leptonic Decays

N. Cabibbo · Physical Review Letters · 1963 · 4.7K citations · Full text

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    Rabindra N. Mohapatra

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    74 publications · 8.1K citations

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    S. Ferrara

    European Organization for Nuclear Research, Switzerland

    64 publications · 9.2K citations

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    Boris A. Malomed

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    80 publications · 3.8K citations

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    Craig D. Roberts

    Argonne National Laboratory, United States

    47 publications · 3.6K citations

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    Stephen F. King

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    78 publications · 5.6K citations

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  1. European Organization for Nuclear Research

    Geneva, Switzerland

    153 h-index

    4.9K publications

    806.2K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    133 h-index

    921 publications

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  3. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    129 h-index

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  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    122 h-index

    1.3K publications

    139K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    120 h-index

    3K publications

    171.8K citations

  6. Institute for Advanced Study

    Princeton, United States

    119 h-index

    642 publications

    101.2K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    118 h-index

    864 publications

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  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    113 h-index

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  1. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 2.3K publications · 270.5K citations

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  2. Nuclear Physics B

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  3. Physics Letters B

    3.2K publications · 204.5K citations

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  5. Journal of High Energy Physics

    JHEP · 3.4K publications · 175.4K citations

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