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Edit: in the episode, the Higgs field is referred to as having a “mass of 250 GeV.” This is NOT correct; 250 GeV refers specifically to the energy of an object, as GeV is an energy, not a mass, scale. References:Hierarchy Problem - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchy_problemHierarchy Problem - Of Particular Significancehttps://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/particle-physics-basics/the-hierarchy-problem/Planck Mass - COSMOShttps://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/P/Planck+MassSpecial Unitary Group - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_unitary_groupDoublet State (Quantum Mechanics) - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doublet_stateDeterminant - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeterminantUnitary Group - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_groupCircle Group - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_groupQ/A on SU(2) to U(1) Symmetry Breaking - StackExchangehttps://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/370573/su2-to-u1-symmetry-breakingHiggs Mechanism - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs_mechanismCoupling Constant - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_constantCoupling Constants of the Fundamental Forceshttp://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Forces/couple.htmlFermi’s Constant - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_constantSupersymmetry - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SupersymmetryElectroweak Interaction Theory - Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroweak_interactionColeman-Weinberg Mechanism - Scholarpediahttp://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Coleman-Weinberg_mechanism



