Wednesday, January 20, 2016

quantum field theory - Why cannot fermions have non-zero vacuum expectation value?


In quantum field theory, scalar can take non-zero vacuum expectation value (vev). And this way they break symmetry of the Lagrangian. Now my question is what will happen if the fermions in the theory take non-zero vacuum expectation value? What forbids fermions to take vevs?




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