Symmetry Breaking of Universal Type and Particular Types

Abstract

The concepts of symmetry and its breakdown are investigated in two different terms according to whether the resulting asymmetry is universal or only obtained for a special configuration: we illustrate this by considering, in the first case, an example from the standard model of particles with some consequences for cosmological scenarios; and in the second case, we consider an example from specific solutions for the particle dynamics, and an example for a toy model of entangled spins.