The Role of Symmetry in the Development of the Standard Model

A general introduction to the Standard Model of particle physics based on the role of symmetries in nature.

Sherwin T. Love (Author)

9781009238458, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 February 2024

86 pages
22.8 x 15.1 x 0.5 cm, 0.14 kg

Symmetry and its various realizations have played a pivotal role in the development of the extremely well tested Standard Model of the strong, weak and electromagnetic interactions. In this Element, the author traces the development of the model through the interplay of the different symmetries realized in the various components of the model as well as in other sub-fields of physics.

1. Introduction
2. Wigner-Weyl Realization of Global Symmetries
3. Local U(1) Invariance and QED
4. Global Symmetry Structure of the Strong Interactions
5. Fermi Theory of the Weak Interactions
6. Nambu-Goldstone Realization of SU(2)A
7. Yang-Mills Theory
8. Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)
9. SU(2)L × U(1) Invariant Lepton Couplings to the Electroweak Vectors
10. Abelian Higgs Model
11. Standard Electroweak Model
12. The Higgs Boson
13. Global Symmetries vs Local Invariance
14. Limitations and Challenges of the Standard Model
Appendix
References.

Subject Areas: Atomic & molecular physics [PHM]