Part III - The Standard Model
Lectured by C. E. Thomas, Lent 2017
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Contents
- V Full version
- 0 Introduction
- 1 Overview
- 2 Chiral and gauge symmetries
- 3 Discrete symmetries
- 3.1 Symmetry operators
- 3.2 Parity
- 3.3 Charge conjugation
- 3.4 Time reversal
- 3.5 S-matrix
- 3.6 CPT theorem
- 3.7 Baryogenesis
- 4 Spontaneous symmetry breaking
- 4.1 Discrete symmetry
- 4.2 Continuous symmetry
- 4.3 General case
- 4.4 Goldstone's theorem
- 4.5 The Higgs mechanism
- 4.6 Non-abelian gauge theories
- 5 Electroweak theory
- 5.1 Electroweak gauge theory
- 5.2 Coupling to leptons
- 5.3 Quarks
- 5.4 Neutrino oscillation and mass
- 5.5 Summary of electroweak theory
- 6 Weak decays
- 6.1 Effective Lagrangians
- 6.2 Decay rates and cross sections
- 6.3 Muon decay
- 6.4 Pion decay
- 6.5 K0-K0 mixing
- 7 Quantum chromodynamics (QCD)