Electroweak Symmetry as Recursive Phase Alignment

Electroweak symmetry in conventional physics is expressed through the SU(2) × U(1)gauge group, spontaneous symmetry breaking, and the Higgs mechanism. The electroweak standard model provides highly precise quantitative predictions confirmed toparts per million; this paper does not challenge those results within their domain ofvalidity. Instead, it develops the geometric substrate from which electroweak behaviouremerges in the Cohesion Unified Field Theory. Electroweak symmetry arises fromrecursive phase alignment between n = 2 and n = 6 recursion modes. Electromagneticinteraction corresponds to phase-aligned recursion; weak interaction corresponds tophase-misaligned n = 2/n = 6 recursion. Symmetry breaking occurs when the densitydependent resistance R(Dst) drives phase separation between the two modes. Weakcarrier mass arises from torsion accumulation due to phase misalignment; the CohesionUFT does not require a separate Higgs field as input, but must ultimately reproducethe quantitative Higgs mechanism predictions — this is identified as the primary openproblem. Parity violation arises geometrically from the directional asymmetry of then = 2 bipolar mode relative to the rotationally symmetric n = 6 mode. This is the firstgeometric, mechanical, and scale-consistent account of electroweak symmetry and itsbreaking within the Cohesion UFT framework.