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  1. Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking

    Linked via "Topological Defects (Domain Walls)"

    | Global, Continuous | Goldstone's Theorem | Massless Scalar | None (Massless Bosons for the broken symmetry) |
    | Local (Gauge) | Higgs Mechanism | Absorbed (longitudinal polarization) | Massive Vector Bosons ($W^\pm, Z^0$) |
    | Discrete (e.g., $\mathbb{Z}_2$) | Domain Wall Formation | N/A (No continuous generators) | Topological Defects (Domain Walls)/) |
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