An Introduction to the Standard Model

Peter Woit ()
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Peter Woit: Columbia University, Department of Mathematics

Chapter Chapter 48 in Quantum Theory, Groups and Representations, 2017, pp 621-626 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The theory of fundamental particles and their non-gravitational interactions is encapsulated by an extremely successful quantum field theory known as the Standard Model. This quantum field theory is determined by a particular set of quantum fields and a particular Hamiltonian, which we will outline in this chapter. It is an interacting quantum field theory, not solvable by the methods we have seen so far. In the non-interacting approximation, it includes just the sorts of free quantum field theories that we have studied in earlier chapters. This chapter gives only a very brief sketch of the definition of the theory; for details, one needs to consult a conventional particle physics textbook.

Keywords: Free Quantum field Theory; Fundamental Fermion Masses; Anderson-Higgs Mechanism; Minimal Coupling Prescription; Space-time Degrees (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64612-1_48

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