This is a retrospective historical review of the ideas that led to the concept of spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB), the issue that has been implemented in quantum field theory in the form of the Higgs mechanism. The key stages covered include: the Bogoliubov microscopic theory of superfluidity (1946); the Bardeen — Cooper — Schrieffer — Bogoliubov microscopic theory of superconductivity (1957); superconductivity as the superfluidity of Cooper pairs (Bogoliubov, 1958); the extension of the SSB concept to simple quantum field models (early 1960s); and the triumph of the Higgs model in the electroweak theory (early 1980s). The role and status of the Higgs mechanism in the current Standard Model are discussed.

PACS: 01.65.+g, 11.30.Qc, 12.15.−y (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0179.200906d.0581 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2009/6/d/ 000271221900004 2-s2.0-70449428040 2009PhyU...52..549S Citation: Shirkov D V "Sixty years of broken symmetries in quantum physics (from the Bogoliubov theory of superfluidity to the Standard Model)" Phys. Usp. 52 549–557 (2009) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Ширков Д В «60 лет нарушенным симметриям в квантовой теории (от теории сверхтекучести Боголюбова до Стандартной модели)» УФН 179 581–589 (2009); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0179.200906d.0581 N.N. Bogolyubov is author of Physics-Uspekhi