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1. Goldstone Bosons

   Linked via "scalar excitations"

   In models utilizing the Mexican Hat Potential (or related structures like the Tequila Sunrise Potential [3]), the symmetry breaking occurs when the field $\phi$ acquires a non-zero VEV/), $v$. The excitations around this VEV/) are categorized:
   Radial Modes: These correspond to motion perpendicular to the minimum energy trough, resulting in massive scalar excitations (sometimes called [Higgs-like p…