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  2. Standard Model - Wikipedia

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    The development of the Standard Model was driven by theoretical and experimental particle physicists alike. The Standard Model is a paradigm of a quantum field theory for theorists, exhibiting a wide range of phenomena, including spontaneous symmetry breaking, anomalies, and non-perturbative behavior.

  3. Particle physics - Wikipedia

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    Particle physics. Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies combinations of elementary particles up to the scale of protons and neutrons, while the study of combination of protons and neutrons is called nuclear physics.

  4. Mathematical formulation of the Standard Model - Wikipedia

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    The standard model is a quantum field theory, meaning its fundamental objects are quantum fields, which are defined at all points in spacetime. QFT treats particles as excited states (also called quanta) of their underlying quantum fields, which are more fundamental than the particles. These fields are.

  5. Elementary particle - Wikipedia

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    In particle physics, an elementary particle or fundamental particle is a subatomic particle that is not composed of other particles. [1] The Standard Model presently recognizes seventeen distinct particles—twelve fermions and five bosons .

  6. Higgs boson - Wikipedia

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    The Higgs boson, sometimes called the Higgs particle, [ 9 ][ 10 ] is an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics produced by the quantum excitation of the Higgs field, [ 11 ][ 12 ] one of the fields in particle physics theory. [ 12 ] In the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is a massive scalar boson with zero spin, even ...

  7. Introduction to quantum mechanics - Wikipedia

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    e. Quantum mechanics is the study of matter and its interactions with energy on the scale of atomic and subatomic particles. By contrast, classical physics explains matter and energy only on a scale familiar to human experience, including the behavior of astronomical bodies such as the moon. Classical physics is still used in much of modern ...

  8. Photon - Wikipedia

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    Condensed. I (J P C)=0,1 (1 −−) [ 1 ] A photon (from Ancient Greek φῶς, φωτός (phôs, phōtós) 'light') is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force.

  9. Flavour (particle physics) - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In particle physics, flavour or flavor refers to the species of an elementary particle. The Standard Model counts six flavours of quarks and six flavours of leptons. They are conventionally parameterized with flavour quantum numbers that are assigned to all subatomic particles.