It is in this potential term <math>V(\phi)</math> that the symmetry breaking is triggered. An example of a potential, due to [[Jeffrey Goldstone]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Goldstone | first1 = J. | doi = 10.1007/BF02812722 | title = Field theories with " Superconductor " solutions | journal = Il Nuovo Cimento | volume = 19 | issue = 1 | pages = 154–164 | year = 1961 | bibcode = 1961NCim...19..154G | s2cid = 120409034 | url = http://cds.cern.ch/record/343400 }}</ref> is illustrated in the graph at the left. | It is in this potential term <math>V(\phi)</math> that the symmetry breaking is triggered. An example of a potential, due to [[Jeffrey Goldstone]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Goldstone | first1 = J. | doi = 10.1007/BF02812722 | title = Field theories with " Superconductor " solutions | journal = Il Nuovo Cimento | volume = 19 | issue = 1 | pages = 154–164 | year = 1961 | bibcode = 1961NCim...19..154G | s2cid = 120409034 | url = http://cds.cern.ch/record/343400 }}</ref> is illustrated in the graph at the left. |