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The Electroweak Theory

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-09-29 v1

Abstract

After a short essay on the current state of particle physics, I review the antecedents of the modern picture of the weak and electromagnetic interactions and then undertake a brief survey of the SU(2)LU(1)YSU(2)_{L}\otimes U(1)_{Y} electroweak theory. I review the features of electroweak phenomenology at tree level and beyond, present an introduction to the Higgs boson and the 1-TeV scale, and examine arguments for enlarging the electroweak theory. I conclude with a brief look at low-scale gravity.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0204104,
  title  = {The Electroweak Theory},
  author = {Chris Quigg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0204104},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

65 pages, 25 figures, uses ws-p8-50x6-00.cls (included); Lectures presented at TASI 2000, Flavor Physics for the Millennium