Constructing the theory of the standard model

Mary K. Gaillard; Paul Langacker

doi:10.1063/PT.3.4142

Constructing the theory of the standard model

Mary K. Gaillard, Paul Langacker

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We begin with quantum electrodynamics (QED), which successfully combines classical electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and special relativity. QED inherits the gaugetransformation symmetry-called U(1) in group-theoretical language-that classical electromagnetism possesses. QED is also renormalizable; that is, it is well defined mathematically: Infinities that appear at intermediate stages disappear when the theory is expressed in terms of a finite number of measured quantities, such as mass and charge.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	52-53
Number of pages	2
Volume	72
No	2
Specialist publication	Physics Today
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4142
State	Published - Feb 1 2019

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