Standard Model

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The Standard Model is the fundamental theory in particle physics that describes the known elementary particles and their interactions (except gravity) through quantum field theories of electromagnetic, weak, and strong forces.


Statements (57)
Predicate Object
instanceOf gauge theory
physical theory
quantum field theory
aimsTo unify electromagnetic and weak interactions
basedOn quantum field theory
quantum mechanics
special relativity
completedWithDiscoveryOf Higgs boson
containsParticle Higgs boson
W boson
Z boson
bottom quark
charm quark
down quark
electron
electron neutrino
gluon
muon
muon neutrino
photon
strange quark
tau lepton
tau neutrino
top quark
up quark
describes electromagnetic interaction
elementary particles
strong interaction
weak interaction
developedIn 20th century
doesNotDescribe gravity
explains origin of particle masses
field particle physics
gaugeGroup SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1)
HiggsBosonDiscoveredAt Large Hadron Collider
HiggsBosonDiscoveryYear 2012
includesConcept spontaneous symmetry breaking
includesInteraction electroweak interaction
quantum chromodynamics
includesMechanism Higgs mechanism
limitation does not explain neutrino masses fully
does not include dark energy
does not include dark matter
predicts Higgs boson
W boson
Z boson
gluon
leptons
neutrinos
photon
quarks
status experimentally well confirmed
subtheory electroweak theory
quantum chromodynamics
usesSymmetryGroup SU(2)
SU(3)
U(1)

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ASACUSA experiment aimsToTest Standard Model
Fermion appearsIn Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
S-matrix appearsIn Standard Model
this entity surface form: "standard model of particle physics"
SU(2)_L appearsIn Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model Lagrangian"
Feynman diagrams appliesTo Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
UA1 experiment basedOnTheory Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
tau lepton belongsTo Standard Model
this entity surface form: "lepton sector of the Standard Model"
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
SU(2)_L gaugeGroupFactorOf Standard Model
this entity surface form: "SU(3)_C × SU(2)_L × U(1)_Y"
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
Higgs mechanism implementedIn Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
C. N. Yang influenced Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
Sheldon Glashow influenced Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
Toshihide Maskawa influenced Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
K+ (charged kaon) isDescribedBy Standard Model
subject surface form: "K⁺"
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
tau neutrino isDescribedBy Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
quantum chromodynamics isPartOf Standard Model
quantum electrodynamics isPartOf Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
K+ (charged kaon) isUsedToTest Standard Model
subject surface form: "K⁺"
Higgs boson partOf Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
Higgs field partOf Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
Salam–Weinberg model partOf Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
W boson partOf Standard Model
Z partOf Standard Model
subject surface form: "Z boson"
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
Z boson partOfModel Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
Higgs boson predictedBy Standard Model
Run 3 (2022– ) relatedTo Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
BASE experiment relatedToTheory Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
Muon g-2 experiment testsTheory Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
NA62 testsTheory Standard Model
quantum field theory underlies Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
Dirac equation usedIn Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
Fermi constant usedIn Standard Model
this entity surface form: "Standard Model of particle physics"
Drell–Yan processes usedToTest Standard Model
W boson wasPredictedBy Standard Model
this entity surface form: "electroweak theory"

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