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Higgs sector
In
particle physics
, the
Higgs
sector
is the
collection
of
quantum fields
and/or
particles
that are
responsible
for the
Higgs mechanism
, i.e. for the
spontaneous symmetry breaking
of the
Higgs field
.
The word
"sector" refers to a
subgroup
of the total set of
fields
and particles.