Editing Meissner effect (section)

==Paradigm for the Higgs mechanism==
The Meissner superconductivity effect serves as an important paradigm for the generation mechanism of a mass ''M'' (i.e., a reciprocal ''range'', <math>\lambda_M: = h/(M c)</math> where ''h'' is the [[Planck constant]] and ''c'' is the [[speed of light]]) for a [[gauge field]]. In fact, this analogy is an [[abelian (disambiguation)#In physics|abelian]] example for the [[Higgs mechanism]],<ref>{{cite journal |last=Higgs |first=P. W. |year=1966 |title=Spontaneous symmetry breakdown without massless bosons |journal=[[Physical Review]] |volume=145 |issue=4 |pages=1156–1163 |bibcode= 1966PhRv..145.1156H|doi=10.1103/PhysRev.145.1156 |doi-access=free }}</ref> which generates the masses of the [[electroweak]] [[W and Z bosons|{{SubatomicParticle|W boson+-}} and {{SubatomicParticle|Z boson}}]] gauge particles in [[high-energy physics]]. The length <math>\lambda_M</math> is identical with the [[London penetration depth]] in the theory of [[superconductivity]].<ref>
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