The Meissner superconductivity effect serves as an important paradigm for the generation mechanism of a mass M (i.e. a reciprocal range, {displaystyle lambda _{M}:=h/(Mc)} where h is the Planck constant and c is the speed of light) for a gauge field. In fact, this analogy is an abelian example for the Higgs mechanism,[7] which generates the masses of the electroweak W± and Z gauge particles in high-energy physics. The length {displaystyle lambda _{M}} is identical with the London penetration depth in the theory of superconductivity.[8][9]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meissner_effect#Paradigm_for_the_Higgs_mechanism
