Electroweak scale
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In particle physics
, the electroweak scale is the energy scale around 246 GeV
, a typical energy
of processes described by the electroweak theory. The particular number 246 GeV is taken to be the vacuum expectation value
of the Higgs field (where 
is the Fermi coupling constant).
Particle physics
Particle physics is a branch of physics that studies the existence and interactions of particles that are the constituents of what is usually referred to as matter or radiation. In current understanding, particles are excitations of quantum fields and interact following their dynamics...
, the electroweak scale is the energy scale around 246 GeV
GEV
GEV or GeV may stand for:*GeV or gigaelectronvolt, a unit of energy equal to billion electron volts*GEV or Grid Enabled Vehicle that is fully or partially powered by the electric grid, see plug-in electric vehicle...
, a typical energy
Energy
In physics, energy is an indirectly observed quantity. It is often understood as the ability a physical system has to do work on other physical systems...
of processes described by the electroweak theory. The particular number 246 GeV is taken to be the vacuum expectation value
Vacuum expectation value
In quantum field theory the vacuum expectation value of an operator is its average, expected value in the vacuum. The vacuum expectation value of an operator O is usually denoted by \langle O\rangle...
of the Higgs field (where is the Fermi coupling constant).