THE STANDARD MODELTHE STANDARD MODEL
What’s fundamentalWhat’s fundamentalWhat’s in a nameWhat’s in a name
Organizational Organizational table(s)table(s)•Periodic tablePeriodic table
–Organizes atoms by propertiesOrganizes atoms by properties–Reading the tableReading the table
•Atoms and even nuclei are not Atoms and even nuclei are not fundamentalfundamental
•Scale of subatomic matter (see Scale of subatomic matter (see illustration next slide)illustration next slide)
Standard model chartStandard model chartOrganizes all of matter and Organizes all of matter and
energy (well most of it)energy (well most of it)Matter Vs. AntimatterMatter Vs. Antimatter
ChargeChargeAnnihilationAnnihilationPair productionPair production
Bosons Vs. FermionsBosons Vs. Fermions
• Spin
Fermion FlavorsFermion Flavors• Leptons and Quarks
Leptons•Solitary particles
•Charge on particles Vs. antiparticles
•Generations or Families
Leptons
•Lepton family conservation
•Neutrino’s and conservation laws
Quarks•Generations or families
•Charge•Combinations•Particles Vs. antiparticles
Combinations of quarks – Combinations of quarks – Hadrons Hadrons
BaryonsBaryonsExamples of Examples of
Baryon Baryon particlesparticles
Spin and Spin and consequencesconsequences
Combinations of quarks - Combinations of quarks - HadronsHadrons
MesonsMesonsExamples of Examples of
MesonsMesonsSpin and Spin and
consequences consequences (see illustration)(see illustration)
Bose-Einstein Bose-Einstein CondensateCondensate
Bosons Bosons (single particles)(single particles)
Spin (got it yet?)Spin (got it yet?)Mediate forces (Mediate forces (Fields Vs. exchange Fields Vs. exchange
particles)particles)ElectromagneticElectromagneticWeakWeakElectroweakElectroweakStrongStrongGravityGravity
Mediate decays
Mediate collisions and Mediate collisions and annihilationsannihilations
THE STANDARD MODEL
Fermions Bosons
Leptons Quarks
Baryons Mesons
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