  We propose a new mechanism for symmetry breaking in which, apart from
particle degrees of freedom, topological degrees of freedom also emerge. In
this method, a decomposition for the fields of the Yang-Mills-Higgs theory is
introduced and Lagrangian is written based on new variables. This new
Lagrangian does not change the dynamics of the theory, at least at the
classical level. We study the spontaneous symmetry breaking for this new
Lagrangian and show that how it works in Abelian and non-Abelian gauge
theories. In the case of Abelian gauge theory our method adds nothing new to
the so-called Higgs mechanism. However, in the non-Abelian case topological
degrees of freedom, as classical fields, arise. Finally, we reacquire our
results considering a new definition for the vacuum.

High Energy Physics - Theory