Custodial SU(2) symmetry

Layer 1 — Physicsin the standard-model subtree

Higgs potential has accidental SU(2)_L×SU(2)_R broken to diagonal; protects ρ = M_W²/(M_Z² cos²θ_W) ≈ 1 against large EW corrections.

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